School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) (life) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) (life) was 10.29 years in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
10.29 years
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
127th
of 221 groups
All-time high
10.33 years
in 2020
All-time low
4.79 years
in 1972
Years of data
50
1972–2021
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1972–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 10.29 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2021.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 10.33 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.79 years, in 1972.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 127th out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) (life) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 4.79 years | — |
| 1973 | 4.94 years | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 4.89 years | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 4.98 years | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 5.01 years | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 5 years | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 4.99 years | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 5.01 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 5.09 years | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 5.12 years | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 5.31 years | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 5.31 years | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 5.48 years | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 5.46 years | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 5.56 years | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 5.57 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 5.9 years | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 5.97 years | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 5.97 years | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 6.21 years | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 6.43 years | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 6.51 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 6.66 years | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 6.79 years | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 6.91 years | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 6.99 years | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 7.09 years | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 7.22 years | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 7.4 years | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 7.54 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 7.91 years | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 8.12 years | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 7.99 years | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 8.14 years | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 8.3 years | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 8.34 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 8.38 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 8.63 years | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 8.96 years | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 9.27 years | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 9.52 years | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 9.71 years | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 9.83 years | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 9.94 years | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 10.12 years | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 10.07 years | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 10.23 years | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 10.3 years | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 10.33 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 10.29 years | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.95 years | 4.79 years | 5.01 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 5.48 years | 5.09 years | 5.97 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.68 years | 5.97 years | 7.22 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.07 years | 7.4 years | 8.63 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8 years | 8.96 years | 10.3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.31 years | 10.29 years | 10.33 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.1447 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.06 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4483 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 10.29 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.33 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.79 years in 1972.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 127th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. 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 secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release