School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 8.67 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Egypt, 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Egypt is 8.67 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Egypt peaked at 8.67 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.74 years, in 1995.
Egypt ranks 122nd of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Egypt, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.74 years | — |
| 1996 | 7.53 years | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 7.41 years | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 7.38 years | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 7.34 years | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 7.5 years | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 7.24 years | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 7.19 years | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 8.06 years | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 8.09 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 7.95 years | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 8.11 years | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 8.11 years | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 7.98 years | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 8.11 years | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 8.13 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 8.19 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 8.32 years | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 8.45 years | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 8.61 years | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 8.6 years | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 8.67 years | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.23 years | 6.74 years | 7.53 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 7.45 years | 7.19 years | 8.06 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.11 years | 7.95 years | 8.32 years | 9 |
| 2020s | 8.58 years | 8.45 years | 8.67 years | 4 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 319,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 163,427 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.92 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.94 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Egypt was 8.67 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 8.67 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.74 years in 1995.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- Egypt ranks 122nd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release