School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 7.7 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 7.7 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 7.7 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.75 years, in 1997.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 164th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5.75 years | — |
| 1998 | 5.81 years | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 5.9 years | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 6.02 years | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 6.11 years | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 6.26 years | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 6.41 years | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 6.54 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 6.69 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 6.81 years | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 6.92 years | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 6.98 years | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 7.1 years | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 7.23 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 7.3 years | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 7.39 years | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 7.46 years | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 7.45 years | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7.43 years | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 7.45 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 7.49 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 7.54 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 7.58 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 7.62 years | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 7.56 years | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 7.57 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7.64 years | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 7.7 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.82 years | 5.75 years | 5.9 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 6.58 years | 6.02 years | 7.1 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.43 years | 7.23 years | 7.58 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.62 years | 7.56 years | 7.7 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 161 Brunei Darussalam 7.99 years compare
- 162 Barbados 7.97 years compare
- 163 Chile 7.92 years compare
- 164 Puerto Rico 7.91 years compare
- 165 El Salvador 7.88 years compare
- 166 British Virgin Islands 7.86 years compare
- 167 Bahamas 7.84 years compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 7.7 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 7.7 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.75 years in 1997.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 164th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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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February 2026 Data Release