School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.79 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) is 5.79 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 5.79 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.24 years, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 90th 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 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.24 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.24 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 3.33 years | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 3.42 years | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 3.45 years | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 3.57 years | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 3.69 years | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 3.79 years | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 3.86 years | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 4.1 years | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 4.22 years | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 4.26 years | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 4.3 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 4.38 years | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 4.41 years | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 4.42 years | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 4.49 years | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 4.56 years | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 4.58 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 4.61 years | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 4.42 years | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 4.56 years | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 4.36 years | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 4.41 years | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 4.61 years | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 4.54 years | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 4.59 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 4.78 years | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 4.87 years | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 4.98 years | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 5.03 years | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 5.1 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 5.19 years | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 5.24 years | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 5.22 years | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 5.56 years | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 5.62 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 5.66 years | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 5.51 years | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 5.47 years | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 5.52 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 5.44 years | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 5.61 years | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 5.63 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5.58 years | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 5.58 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.58 years | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.6 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 5.63 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 5.67 years | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 5.73 years | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 5.73 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5.6 years | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 5.77 years | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 5.79 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.57 years | 3.24 years | 4.1 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.42 years | 4.22 years | 4.61 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.61 years | 4.36 years | 4.98 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.36 years | 5.03 years | 5.66 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.58 years | 5.44 years | 5.67 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.72 years | 5.6 years | 5.79 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.85 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 12.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 3.95 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 19.74 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 16.12 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 8.24 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 5.79 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.79 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.24 years in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 90th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 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