School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100): School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.92 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) is 5.92 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) peaked at 5.94 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.9 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 55th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.31 years | 2.9 years | 3.98 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.24 years | 4.08 years | 4.42 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.21 years | 4.05 years | 4.5 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.22 years | 4.64 years | 5.69 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.79 years | 5.71 years | 5.88 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9 years | 5.83 years | 5.94 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
More education data for ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 46.96 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) was 5.92 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.94 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) ranks 55th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release