School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 10.19 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 10.19 years. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 10.19 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.21 years, in 1976.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 133rd 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 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6.21 years | — |
| 1977 | 6.27 years | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 6.33 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 6.4 years | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 6.46 years | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 6.52 years | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 6.58 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 6.59 years | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 6.6 years | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 6.59 years | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 6.56 years | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 6.55 years | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 6.56 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 6.57 years | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 6.56 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 6.63 years | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 6.68 years | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 6.73 years | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 6.8 years | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 6.81 years | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 6.83 years | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 6.91 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 6.98 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 7.06 years | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 7.15 years | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 7.16 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7.34 years | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 7.87 years | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 8.06 years | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 8.28 years | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 8.41 years | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 8.55 years | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 8.71 years | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 8.79 years | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 8.99 years | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 9.07 years | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 9.3 years | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 9.57 years | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 9.61 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 9.65 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 9.88 years | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 9.8 years | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 9.46 years | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 9.51 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 9.63 years | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 9.71 years | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 9.95 years | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 10.03 years | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 10.19 years | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.3 years | 6.21 years | 6.4 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 6.56 years | 6.46 years | 6.6 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.8 years | 6.56 years | 7.06 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.03 years | 7.15 years | 8.79 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.48 years | 8.99 years | 9.88 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9 years | 9.63 years | 10.19 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- 130 Palestine, State of 11 years compare
- 131 Kazakhstan 10.99 years compare
- 132 Macau, China 10.98 years compare
- 133 Botswana 10.93 years compare
- 134 Myanmar 10.9 years compare
- 135 Cayman Islands 10.86 years compare
- 136 Serbia 10.86 years compare
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 76.39 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 38.39 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 10.19 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.19 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.21 years in 1976.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 133rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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