School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 4.79 years in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
4.79 years
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
220th
of 221 groups
All-time high
5.28 years
in 2012
All-time low
4.09 years
in 1999
Years of data
23
1998–2020

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020

02461998200920201998: 4.1 years1999: 4.1 years2000: 4.2 years2001: 4.2 years2002: 4.4 years2003: 4.5 years2004: 4.7 years2005: 4.8 years2006: 4.9 years2007: 4.9 years2008: 5.1 years2009: 5.2 years2010: 5.2 years2011: 5.2 years2012: 5.3 years2013: 4.7 years2014: 4.7 years2015: 4.7 years2016: 4.8 years2017: 4.8 years2018: 4.8 years2019: 4.8 years2020: 4.8 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 4.79 years, measured in 2020.

That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 5.28 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.09 years, in 1999.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 220th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998 to 2020.
Year years Change
1998 4.14 years
1999 4.09 years -1.1%
2000 4.16 years +1.6%
2001 4.24 years +1.8%
2002 4.35 years +2.8%
2003 4.54 years +4.3%
2004 4.68 years +3.2%
2005 4.84 years +3.3%
2006 4.95 years +2.2%
2007 4.93 years -0.4%
2008 5.12 years +4.0%
2009 5.17 years +0.9%
2010 5.2 years +0.5%
2011 5.21 years +0.3%
2012 5.28 years +1.3%
2013 4.73 years -10.4%
2014 4.74 years +0.3%
2015 4.74 years -0.0%
2016 4.79 years +1.1%
2017 4.83 years +0.8%
2018 4.78 years -1.0%
2019 4.81 years +0.7%
2020 4.79 years -0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4.12 years 4.09 years 4.14 years 2
2000s 4.7 years 4.16 years 5.17 years 10
2010s 4.91 years 4.73 years 5.28 years 10
2020s 4.79 years 4.79 years 4.79 years 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 4.79 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 5.28 years in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 4.09 years in 1999.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release