School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 8.14 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low income, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low income is 8.14 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low income peaked at 8.14 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.24 years, in 1970.
Low income ranks 42nd of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.24 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 3.31 years | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 3.38 years | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 3.47 years | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 3.59 years | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 3.68 years | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 3.79 years | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 3.84 years | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 3.95 years | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 4.06 years | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 4.18 years | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 4.21 years | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 4.22 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 4.25 years | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 4.19 years | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 4.23 years | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 4.25 years | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 4.28 years | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 4.23 years | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 4.13 years | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 4.25 years | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 4.15 years | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 4.14 years | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 4.2 years | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 4.36 years | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 4.39 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 4.63 years | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 4.77 years | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 4.87 years | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 5.09 years | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 5.32 years | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 5.63 years | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 5.92 years | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 6.1 years | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 6.43 years | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 6.73 years | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 6.95 years | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 7.32 years | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 7.48 years | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 7.61 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 7.79 years | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 7.91 years | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 7.97 years | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 8.03 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 8.02 years | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 8.07 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 8.11 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 8.14 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.55 years | 3.24 years | 3.95 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.21 years | 4.06 years | 4.28 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.39 years | 4.13 years | 4.87 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.3 years | 5.09 years | 7.48 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.96 years | 7.61 years | 8.14 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 267.17 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Low income was 8.14 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.14 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.24 years in 1970.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Low income ranks 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.
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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.