School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) was 5.78 years in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
5.78 years
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
92nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
5.88 years
in 2013
All-time low
1.99 years
in 1971
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) recorded 5.78 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2021.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 5.88 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.99 years, in 1971.
That places ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 92nd out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.04 years | — |
| 1971 | 1.99 years | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 2.33 years | +17.3% |
| 1973 | 2.56 years | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 2.53 years | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 2.68 years | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 2.74 years | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 2.78 years | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 2.8 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 2.81 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 2.81 years | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 2.94 years | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 3.07 years | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 2.97 years | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 3.14 years | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 3.15 years | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 3.24 years | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 3.25 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 3.67 years | +13.1% |
| 1989 | 3.73 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 3.76 years | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 3.92 years | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 4.07 years | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 4.13 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 4.26 years | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 4.27 years | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 4.31 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 4.29 years | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 4.28 years | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 4.3 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 4.39 years | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 4.43 years | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 4.79 years | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 5 years | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 4.99 years | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 5.08 years | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 5.2 years | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 5.23 years | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 5.13 years | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 5.24 years | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 5.4 years | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 5.65 years | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 5.79 years | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 5.88 years | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 5.87 years | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 5.85 years | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 5.83 years | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 5.67 years | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 5.7 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 5.78 years | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 5.78 years | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 5.78 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.53 years | 1.99 years | 2.81 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.2 years | 2.81 years | 3.73 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.16 years | 3.76 years | 4.31 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.95 years | 4.39 years | 5.24 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.74 years | 5.4 years | 5.88 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.78 years | 5.78 years | 5.78 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 5.78 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.88 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.99 years in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 92nd out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 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