School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.69 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
5.69 years
Change on year
up 3.0%
Rank
120th
of 221 groups
All-time high
5.72 years
in 2016
All-time low
3.96 years
in 1972
Years of data
53
1972–2024
School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) recorded 5.69 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 5.72 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.96 years, in 1972.
That places ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 3.96 years | — |
| 1973 | 3.99 years | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 4.01 years | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 4.05 years | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 4.08 years | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 4.14 years | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 4.2 years | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 4.24 years | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 4.29 years | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 4.34 years | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 4.39 years | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 4.39 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 4.4 years | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 4.38 years | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 4.35 years | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 4.33 years | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 4.35 years | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 4.37 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 4.34 years | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 4.37 years | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 4.4 years | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 4.42 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 4.46 years | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 4.44 years | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 4.44 years | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 4.5 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 4.53 years | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 4.56 years | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 4.62 years | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4.6 years | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 4.67 years | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 5.03 years | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 5.14 years | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 5.24 years | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 5.3 years | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 5.35 years | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 5.35 years | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 5.36 years | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 5.38 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.36 years | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 5.46 years | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 5.63 years | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 5.54 years | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 5.54 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.72 years | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 5.65 years | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 5.21 years | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 5.21 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 5.27 years | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 5.28 years | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 5.44 years | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 5.52 years | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 5.69 years | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.08 years | 3.96 years | 4.24 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 4.36 years | 4.29 years | 4.4 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.45 years | 4.34 years | 4.56 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.07 years | 4.6 years | 5.36 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.47 years | 5.21 years | 5.72 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.44 years | 5.27 years | 5.69 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 278.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0831 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 82.73 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5884 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 143.09 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 5.69 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.72 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.96 years in 1972.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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