School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 7.77 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1996–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) recorded 7.77 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in 2023.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 8.05 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.32 years, in 1996.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5.32 years | — |
| 1997 | 5.56 years | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 5.74 years | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 5.72 years | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 5.82 years | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 5.99 years | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 6.39 years | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 6.67 years | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 6.95 years | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 7.11 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 7.32 years | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 7.5 years | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 7.77 years | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 7.78 years | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 7.79 years | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 7.86 years | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 7.85 years | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 7.75 years | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 7.81 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 7.69 years | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 7.79 years | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 7.85 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 7.91 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 7.98 years | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 8.05 years | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 7.84 years | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 7.8 years | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 7.77 years | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.58 years | 5.32 years | 5.74 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 6.93 years | 5.82 years | 7.78 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.83 years | 7.69 years | 7.98 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.87 years | 7.77 years | 8.05 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- 181 Republic of Moldova 6.99 years compare
- 182 Bangladesh 6.96 years compare
- 183 Burundi 6.9 years compare
- 184 Solomon Islands 6.87 years compare
- 185 Lebanon 6.86 years compare
- 186 Bulgaria 6.77 years compare
- 187 Yemen 6.74 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 7.77 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.05 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.32 years in 1996.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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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February 2026 Data Release