School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205): School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) was 4.49 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) recorded 4.49 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) peaked at 4.49 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.12 years, in 2007.
That places ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 200th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4.2 years | — |
| 2000 | 4.2 years | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 4.19 years | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 4.17 years | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 4.14 years | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 4.12 years | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 4.16 years | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 4.14 years | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 4.12 years | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 4.14 years | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 4.24 years | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 4.24 years | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 4.45 years | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 4.35 years | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 4.38 years | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 4.43 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 4.46 years | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4.45 years | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 4.45 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 4.46 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 4.45 years | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 4.4 years | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 4.37 years | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 4.38 years | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 4.35 years | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 4.49 years | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2 years | 4.2 years | 4.2 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.16 years | 4.12 years | 4.24 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.41 years | 4.24 years | 4.46 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4 years | 4.35 years | 4.49 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- 197 Armenia 4.04 years compare
- 198 Lithuania 4.03 years compare
- 199 Kyrgyzstan 3.94 years compare
- 200 Russia 3.93 years compare
- 201 Kazakhstan 3.86 years compare
- 202 Belarus 3.84 years compare
- 203 Turkmenistan 3.83 years compare
More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.7617 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 708,542 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 733,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 431,874 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.5197 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 681,953 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,535 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.4575 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) was 4.49 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.49 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.12 years in 2007.
- How does ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 200th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 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