School life expectancy, primary, female in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.81 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Egypt, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, female in Egypt stood at 5.81 years. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Egypt peaked at 5.81 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.24 years, in 1974.
Egypt ranks 111th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.29 years | 3.24 years | 3.35 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 3.94 years | 3.38 years | 4.59 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.03 years | 3.73 years | 4.35 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.82 years | 4.31 years | 5.4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.42 years | 5.11 years | 5.65 years | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.69 years | 5.38 years | 5.81 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 483,053 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.73 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Egypt was 5.81 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 5.81 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.24 years in 1974.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Egypt ranks 111th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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