School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120)
ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120): School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) was 6.14 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) is 6.14 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) peaked at 6.47 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.03 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 27th 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.
School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.03 years | — |
| 1971 | 2.05 years | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 2.1 years | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 2.16 years | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 2.25 years | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 2.4 years | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 2.59 years | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 2.8 years | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 3.03 years | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 3.16 years | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 3.31 years | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 3.48 years | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 3.49 years | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 3.44 years | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 3.33 years | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 3.33 years | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 3.31 years | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 3.31 years | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 3.29 years | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 3.29 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 3.23 years | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 3.21 years | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 3.11 years | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 3.13 years | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 3.23 years | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 3.39 years | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 3.48 years | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 3.85 years | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 4.09 years | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 4.22 years | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 4.44 years | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 4.68 years | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 4.95 years | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 5.17 years | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 5.39 years | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 5.68 years | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 5.91 years | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 6.13 years | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 6.34 years | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 6.38 years | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 6.35 years | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 6.29 years | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 6.28 years | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 6.24 years | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 6.25 years | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 6.15 years | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 6.2 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 6.28 years | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 6.31 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 6.4 years | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 6.47 years | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 6.36 years | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 6.14 years | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 6.12 years | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 6.14 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.46 years | 2.03 years | 3.16 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.36 years | 3.29 years | 3.49 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.49 years | 3.11 years | 4.22 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.51 years | 4.44 years | 6.38 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.27 years | 6.15 years | 6.4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.25 years | 6.12 years | 6.47 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120)
More education data for ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.9 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.79 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.94 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.39 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.16 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.94 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.77 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) was 6.14 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.47 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.03 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) ranks 27th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 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