School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 10.22 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
10.22 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
140th
of 221 groups
All-time high
10.22 years
in 2024
All-time low
8.1 years
in 1976
Years of data
49
1976–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) is 10.22 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 10.22 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.1 years, in 1976.
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 140th of 221 groups on this measure, 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, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8.1 years | — |
| 1977 | 8.14 years | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 8.2 years | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 8.26 years | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 8.32 years | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 8.35 years | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 8.43 years | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 8.51 years | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 8.49 years | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 8.43 years | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 8.31 years | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 8.3 years | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 8.29 years | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 8.24 years | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 8.22 years | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 8.26 years | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 8.28 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 8.32 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 8.36 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 8.33 years | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 8.33 years | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 8.37 years | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 8.4 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 8.46 years | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 8.52 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 8.45 years | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 8.57 years | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 8.73 years | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 8.94 years | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 9.1 years | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 9.18 years | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 9.22 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 9.25 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 9.22 years | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 9.42 years | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 9.53 years | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 9.69 years | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 9.68 years | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 9.7 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 9.72 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 9.86 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 9.79 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9.69 years | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 9.69 years | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 9.82 years | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 9.95 years | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 10.12 years | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 10.15 years | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 10.22 years | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.17 years | 8.1 years | 8.26 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 8.37 years | 8.24 years | 8.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.33 years | 8.22 years | 8.46 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.92 years | 8.45 years | 9.25 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.68 years | 9.42 years | 9.86 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.05 years | 9.82 years | 10.22 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- 137 Cayman Islands 10.78 years compare
- 138 Botswana 10.78 years compare
- 139 Solomon Islands 10.78 years compare
- 140 Romania 10.77 years compare
- 141 Iraq 10.71 years compare
- 142 Ghana 10.62 years compare
- 143 French Polynesia 10.6 years compare
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (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 tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 38.39 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 10.22 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.22 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1 years in 1976.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 140th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release