School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Jordan
Jordan: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 9.78 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Jordan, 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 9.78 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Jordan peaked at 9.8 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.75 years, in 2000.
Jordan ranks 53rd of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Jordan, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9.31 years | — |
| 1999 | 8.9 years | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 8.75 years | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 9.24 years | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 9.34 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 9.42 years | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 9.46 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 9.55 years | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 9.54 years | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 9.43 years | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 9.22 years | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 9.21 years | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 9.14 years | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 9.33 years | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 9.76 years | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 9.76 years | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.73 years | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 9.79 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9.79 years | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 9.8 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 9.7 years | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 9.73 years | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 9.74 years | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 9.78 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.11 years | 8.9 years | 9.31 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.34 years | 8.75 years | 9.55 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 9.53 years | 9.14 years | 9.79 years | 9 |
| 2020s | 9.75 years | 9.7 years | 9.8 years | 5 |
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More education data for Jordan
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 64,348 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 30.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.55 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Jordan?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Jordan was 9.78 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.75 years in 2000.
- How does Jordan rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- Jordan ranks 53rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release