School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) was 3.67 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2020, school life expectancy, primary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries stood at 3.67 years.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 3.68 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.61 years, in 1999.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 221st out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.64 years | — |
| 1999 | 2.61 years | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 2.68 years | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 2.74 years | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.8 years | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 2.95 years | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 3.05 years | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 3.18 years | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 3.29 years | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 3.28 years | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 3.46 years | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 3.47 years | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 3.46 years | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 3.47 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 3.51 years | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 3.6 years | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 3.6 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.59 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 3.65 years | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 3.65 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 3.65 years | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 3.68 years | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 3.67 years | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.62 years | 2.61 years | 2.64 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.09 years | 2.68 years | 3.47 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.58 years | 3.46 years | 3.68 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.67 years | 3.67 years | 3.67 years | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 612,034 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 3.67 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 3.68 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.61 years in 1999.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 221st out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release