School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 8.31 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 8.31 years. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 8.31 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.55 years, in 1994.
That places UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 122nd 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 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6.55 years | — |
| 1995 | 6.55 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6.59 years | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 6.62 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 6.62 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6.7 years | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 6.76 years | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 6.83 years | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 6.96 years | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 7.22 years | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 7.35 years | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 7.49 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 7.61 years | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 7.71 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 7.78 years | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 7.82 years | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 7.9 years | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 7.93 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 8.13 years | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 8.24 years | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 8.16 years | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 8.14 years | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 8.26 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 8.25 years | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 8.06 years | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 8.07 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 8.14 years | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 8.11 years | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 8.21 years | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 8.23 years | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8.31 years | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.6 years | 6.55 years | 6.7 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 7.35 years | 6.76 years | 7.82 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.11 years | 7.9 years | 8.26 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.2 years | 8.11 years | 8.31 years | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 220.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 8.31 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 8.31 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.55 years in 1994.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 122nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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