School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)

ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 8.54 years in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
8.54 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
109th
of 221 groups
All-time high
8.59 years
in 2019
All-time low
6.74 years
in 1999
Years of data
24
1998–2021

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1998–2021

024681998200920211998: 6.8 years1999: 6.7 years2000: 6.8 years2001: 6.8 years2002: 7.3 years2003: 7.4 years2004: 7.7 years2005: 7.5 years2006: 7.6 years2007: 7.5 years2008: 7.5 years2009: 7.7 years2010: 7.8 years2011: 7.9 years2012: 8.2 years2013: 8.4 years2014: 8.4 years2015: 8.5 years2016: 8.5 years2017: 8.5 years2018: 8.6 years2019: 8.6 years2020: 8.5 years2021: 8.5 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 8.54 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in 2021.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 8.59 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.74 years, in 1999.

ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 109th of 221 groups 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, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1998 to 2021.
Year years Change
1998 6.76 years
1999 6.74 years -0.2%
2000 6.76 years +0.2%
2001 6.83 years +1.0%
2002 7.3 years +7.0%
2003 7.45 years +2.0%
2004 7.67 years +2.9%
2005 7.51 years -2.0%
2006 7.6 years +1.1%
2007 7.51 years -1.1%
2008 7.48 years -0.5%
2009 7.66 years +2.4%
2010 7.78 years +1.7%
2011 7.94 years +2.1%
2012 8.16 years +2.7%
2013 8.39 years +2.8%
2014 8.43 years +0.5%
2015 8.47 years +0.4%
2016 8.53 years +0.7%
2017 8.48 years -0.6%
2018 8.57 years +1.0%
2019 8.59 years +0.3%
2020 8.53 years -0.8%
2021 8.54 years +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 6.75 years 6.74 years 6.76 years 2
2000s 7.38 years 6.76 years 7.67 years 10
2010s 8.34 years 7.78 years 8.59 years 10
2020s 8.54 years 8.53 years 8.54 years 2

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)

  1. 106 Kiribati 8.93 years compare
  2. 107 Dominican Republic 8.91 years compare
  3. 108 Latvia 8.91 years compare
  4. 109 Malta 8.9 years compare
  5. 110 Iraq 8.9 years compare
  6. 111 Iran 8.88 years compare
  7. 112 Nicaragua 8.84 years compare

See the full ranking of 421 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 8.54 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
The highest recorded value was 8.59 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
The lowest recorded value was 6.74 years in 1999.
How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 109th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,266 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release