School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 7.99 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1995–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 7.99 years.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 8.26 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.3 years, in 1995.
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 157th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.3 years | — |
| 1996 | 5.35 years | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 5.6 years | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 5.75 years | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 5.74 years | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 5.88 years | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 6.1 years | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 6.55 years | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 6.8 years | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 7.08 years | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 7.25 years | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 7.46 years | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 7.66 years | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 7.94 years | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 7.95 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7.99 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 8.02 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 8.06 years | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 8.05 years | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 8.11 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 8.01 years | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 8.08 years | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 8.12 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 8.16 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 8.22 years | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 8.26 years | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 8.06 years | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 8 years | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 7.99 years | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.55 years | 5.3 years | 5.75 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.07 years | 5.88 years | 7.95 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.08 years | 7.99 years | 8.22 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.08 years | 7.99 years | 8.26 years | 4 |
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More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.11 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 7.99 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.26 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3 years in 1995.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 157th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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