School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) was 4.47 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) recorded 4.47 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 4.47 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.86 years, in 1972.
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 201st of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.92 years | — |
| 1971 | 2.9 years | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 2.86 years | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 2.91 years | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 2.93 years | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 2.99 years | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 3.05 years | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 3.06 years | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 3.06 years | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 2.96 years | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 3.01 years | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 3.01 years | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 3.07 years | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 3.12 years | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 3.19 years | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 3.23 years | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 3.26 years | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 3.27 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 3.3 years | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 3.28 years | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 3.28 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 3.28 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 3.33 years | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 3.28 years | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 3.3 years | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 3.31 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 3.29 years | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 3.25 years | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 3.23 years | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 3.19 years | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 3.21 years | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 3.25 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 3.42 years | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 3.6 years | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 3.68 years | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 3.83 years | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 3.8 years | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 3.93 years | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 3.94 years | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 3.94 years | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 3.99 years | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 3.94 years | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 3.95 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 4.04 years | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 4.05 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4.07 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 4.18 years | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 4.13 years | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 4.2 years | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 4.29 years | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 4.28 years | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.28 years | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 4.26 years | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 4.37 years | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 4.47 years | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.96 years | 2.86 years | 3.06 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.17 years | 3.01 years | 3.3 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.27 years | 3.19 years | 3.33 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.66 years | 3.21 years | 3.94 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.08 years | 3.94 years | 4.29 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.33 years | 4.26 years | 4.47 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- 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
- 204 Bulgaria 3.81 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 544,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 18.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 4.47 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.47 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.86 years in 1972.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 201st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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