School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 10.16 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low & middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 10.16 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low & middle income peaked at 10.27 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5.51 years, in 1970.
Low & middle income ranks 29th of 43 groups on this measure, 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 in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.51 years | — |
| 1971 | 5.59 years | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 5.73 years | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 5.95 years | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 5.99 years | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 6.22 years | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 6.41 years | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 6.6 years | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 6.66 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 6.64 years | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 6.64 years | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 6.67 years | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 6.67 years | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 6.73 years | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 6.79 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 6.9 years | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 7.04 years | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 7.1 years | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 7.21 years | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 7.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 7.25 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 7.36 years | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 7.44 years | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 7.53 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 7.61 years | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 7.67 years | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 7.73 years | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 7.81 years | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 7.84 years | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 7.89 years | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 8.05 years | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 8.1 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 8.26 years | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 8.57 years | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 8.73 years | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 8.93 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 9.05 years | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 9.23 years | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 9.42 years | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 9.52 years | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 9.66 years | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 9.79 years | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 9.92 years | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 10.12 years | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 10.12 years | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 10.13 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 10.27 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 10.25 years | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 10.11 years | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 10.16 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.13 years | 5.51 years | 6.66 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.9 years | 6.64 years | 7.24 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.61 years | 7.25 years | 7.89 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.78 years | 8.05 years | 9.52 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.06 years | 9.66 years | 10.27 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 27.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4422 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low & middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low & middle income was 10.16 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 10.27 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.51 years in 1970.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Low & middle income ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.