School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 6.18 years in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
6.18 years
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
220th
of 221 groups
All-time high
7.11 years
in 2012
All-time low
6.18 years
in 2020
Years of data
48
1970–2020
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2020, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 6.18 years. That is the lowest value across all 48 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 7.11 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.18 years, in 2020.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6.46 years | — |
| 1971 | 6.47 years | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 6.49 years | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 6.67 years | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 6.72 years | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 6.82 years | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 6.92 years | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 6.88 years | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 6.87 years | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 6.87 years | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6.75 years | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 6.77 years | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 6.77 years | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 6.8 years | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 6.82 years | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 6.82 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 6.82 years | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 6.84 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 6.81 years | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 6.83 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 6.81 years | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 6.84 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 6.85 years | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 6.83 years | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 6.79 years | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 6.64 years | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 6.57 years | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 6.57 years | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 6.58 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 6.57 years | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 6.76 years | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 6.9 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 6.93 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 6.94 years | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 6.89 years | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 6.96 years | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 7 years | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 6.98 years | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 7 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 7.11 years | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 6.43 years | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 6.39 years | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 6.34 years | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 6.3 years | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 6.31 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 6.24 years | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 6.2 years | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 6.18 years | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.72 years | 6.46 years | 6.92 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.8 years | 6.75 years | 6.84 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.76 years | 6.57 years | 6.85 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 6.81 years | 6.57 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.53 years | 6.2 years | 7.11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.18 years | 6.18 years | 6.18 years | 1 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.14 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 907,217 (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 6.18 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.11 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.18 years in 2020.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release