School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 8.6 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1994β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) stood at 8.6 years. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 8.6 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.65 years, in 1995.
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 101st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.67 years | 7.65 years | 7.7 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 8.03 years | 7.7 years | 8.31 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.28 years | 8.21 years | 8.35 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.43 years | 8.29 years | 8.6 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- 98 Guyana 8.97 years compare
- 99 Azerbaijan, Republic of 8.95 years compare
- 100 Kazakhstan, Republic of 8.93 years compare
- 101 Benin 8.93 years compare
- 102 Kiribati 8.93 years compare
- 103 Dominican Republic 8.91 years compare
- 104 Latvia, Republic of 8.91 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 242.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 126.65 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 8.6 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.65 years in 1995.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 101st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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