School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 9.35 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
9.35 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
154th
of 221 groups
All-time high
9.35 years
in 2024
All-time low
4.66 years
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 9.35 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 9.35 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.66 years, in 1971.

That places GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 154th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970 to 2024.
Year years Change
1970 4.67 years
1971 4.66 years -0.1%
1972 4.77 years +2.3%
1973 4.86 years +1.9%
1974 4.92 years +1.3%
1975 5.01 years +1.8%
1976 5.09 years +1.5%
1977 5.24 years +3.1%
1978 5.4 years +3.0%
1979 5.57 years +3.2%
1980 5.72 years +2.6%
1981 5.86 years +2.4%
1982 6.01 years +2.5%
1983 6.02 years +0.3%
1984 6.05 years +0.5%
1985 6.07 years +0.3%
1986 6.01 years -0.9%
1987 6.02 years +0.1%
1988 6.05 years +0.6%
1989 6.08 years +0.5%
1990 6.07 years -0.2%
1991 6.2 years +2.2%
1992 6.3 years +1.6%
1993 6.39 years +1.5%
1994 6.52 years +2.0%
1995 6.54 years +0.3%
1996 6.56 years +0.3%
1997 6.73 years +2.5%
1998 6.84 years +1.7%
1999 6.97 years +2.0%
2000 7.13 years +2.2%
2001 7.2 years +1.0%
2002 7.31 years +1.4%
2003 7.48 years +2.4%
2004 7.63 years +2.0%
2005 7.79 years +2.1%
2006 7.87 years +1.1%
2007 7.88 years +0.0%
2008 7.89 years +0.2%
2009 8.05 years +2.0%
2010 8.22 years +2.1%
2011 8.34 years +1.4%
2012 8.52 years +2.2%
2013 8.68 years +1.9%
2014 8.59 years -1.0%
2015 8.61 years +0.2%
2016 8.63 years +0.2%
2017 8.66 years +0.4%
2018 8.82 years +1.9%
2019 8.96 years +1.6%
2020 9.04 years +0.9%
2021 9.07 years +0.3%
2022 9.09 years +0.3%
2023 9.27 years +1.9%
2024 9.35 years +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 5.02 years 4.66 years 5.57 years 10
1980s 5.99 years 5.72 years 6.08 years 10
1990s 6.51 years 6.07 years 6.97 years 10
2000s 7.62 years 7.13 years 8.05 years 10
2010s 8.6 years 8.22 years 8.96 years 10
2020s 9.16 years 9.04 years 9.35 years 5

Countries ranked near GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024

  1. 151 Gabon 10.45 years compare
  2. 152 Guyana 10.43 years compare
  3. 153 Panama 10.42 years compare
  4. 154 Solomon Islands 10.39 years compare
  5. 155 Puerto Rico 10.34 years compare
  6. 156 Malaysia 10.3 years compare
  7. 157 Russian Federation 10.26 years compare

See the full ranking of 429 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 9.35 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
The highest recorded value was 9.35 years in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
The lowest recorded value was 4.66 years in 1971.
How does GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 154th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 15,518 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release