School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)

ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 7.85 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
7.85 years
Change on year
down 0.9%
Rank
176th
of 221 groups
All-time high
8.08 years
in 2012
All-time low
7.19 years
in 1995
Years of data
31
1994–2024

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1994–2024

024681994200920241994: 7.3 years1995: 7.2 years1996: 7.4 years1997: 7.4 years1998: 7.4 years1999: 7.5 years2000: 7.5 years2001: 7.5 years2002: 7.6 years2003: 7.6 years2004: 7.6 years2005: 7.8 years2006: 7.9 years2007: 7.9 years2008: 7.8 years2009: 7.9 years2010: 7.9 years2011: 8 years2012: 8.1 years2013: 7.8 years2014: 7.8 years2015: 7.8 years2016: 7.8 years2017: 7.9 years2018: 7.9 years2019: 7.9 years2020: 7.9 years2021: 7.9 years2022: 7.8 years2023: 7.9 years2024: 7.9 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 7.85 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in 2024.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 8.08 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7.19 years, in 1995.

That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 176th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years) in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1994 to 2024.
Year years Change
1994 7.32 years
1995 7.19 years -1.8%
1996 7.38 years +2.7%
1997 7.37 years -0.2%
1998 7.39 years +0.3%
1999 7.45 years +0.8%
2000 7.48 years +0.4%
2001 7.49 years +0.1%
2002 7.57 years +1.0%
2003 7.55 years -0.2%
2004 7.6 years +0.6%
2005 7.84 years +3.2%
2006 7.88 years +0.5%
2007 7.92 years +0.5%
2008 7.81 years -1.4%
2009 7.9 years +1.1%
2010 7.94 years +0.5%
2011 7.96 years +0.3%
2012 8.08 years +1.5%
2013 7.8 years -3.5%
2014 7.77 years -0.4%
2015 7.8 years +0.5%
2016 7.83 years +0.3%
2017 7.86 years +0.4%
2018 7.87 years +0.2%
2019 7.89 years +0.2%
2020 7.92 years +0.4%
2021 7.91 years -0.2%
2022 7.82 years -1.0%
2023 7.92 years +1.3%
2024 7.85 years -0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 7.35 years 7.19 years 7.45 years 6
2000s 7.7 years 7.48 years 7.92 years 10
2010s 7.88 years 7.77 years 8.08 years 10
2020s 7.89 years 7.82 years 7.92 years 5

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)

  1. 173 Angola 7.42 years compare
  2. 174 Central African Republic 7.33 years compare
  3. 175 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.22 years compare
  4. 176 Eritrea 7.13 years compare
  5. 177 Suriname 7.12 years compare
  6. 178 Ethiopia 7.1 years compare
  7. 179 Nigeria 7.06 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 ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 7.85 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
The highest recorded value was 8.08 years in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
The lowest recorded value was 7.19 years in 1995.
How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 176th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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