School life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.76 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Developing Regions, 1973β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
MDG: Developing Regions recorded 5.76 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 5.79 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.2 years, in 1974.
That places MDG: Developing Regions 97th out of 224 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 4.43 years | 4.2 years | 4.56 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 4.71 years | 4.55 years | 4.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.75 years | 4.73 years | 4.82 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.25 years | 4.87 years | 5.52 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.66 years | 5.53 years | 5.79 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.64 years | 5.57 years | 5.76 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developing Regions
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 365.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 368.76 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 190.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Developing Regions?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Developing Regions was 5.76 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 5.79 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2 years in 1974.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 97th out of 224 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions 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