School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) (life) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) (life) was 10.61 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) recorded 10.61 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 10.61 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.64 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 102nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) (life) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6.64 years | — |
| 2000 | 6.68 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 6.66 years | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 6.92 years | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 7.66 years | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 7.81 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 8.08 years | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 8.27 years | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 8.54 years | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 8.8 years | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 8.86 years | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 9.09 years | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 9.16 years | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 9.4 years | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 9.73 years | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 9.95 years | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 10.02 years | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 10.47 years | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 10.27 years | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 9.6 years | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 9.6 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9.75 years | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 9.86 years | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 10.26 years | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 10.29 years | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 10.61 years | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.64 years | 6.64 years | 6.64 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.83 years | 6.66 years | 8.86 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.73 years | 9.09 years | 10.47 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.16 years | 9.75 years | 10.61 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- 99 Mongolia 11.76 years compare
- 100 Bahrain 11.73 years compare
- 101 Micronesia (country) 11.73 years compare
- 102 New Caledonia 11.73 years
- 103 Suriname 11.72 years compare
- 104 United States 11.72 years compare
- 105 Indonesia 11.7 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 101.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 84.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6662 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 175.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 193.66 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 10.61 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.61 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.64 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 102nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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