School life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.01 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.01 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
38th
of 221 groups
All-time high
6.15 years
in 2020
All-time low
2.58 years
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) is 6.01 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 6.15 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.58 years, in 1970.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 38th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.58 years | — |
| 1971 | 2.59 years | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 2.63 years | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 2.66 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 2.72 years | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 2.83 years | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 2.95 years | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 3.08 years | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 3.23 years | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 3.36 years | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 3.46 years | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 3.6 years | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 3.63 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 3.64 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 3.58 years | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 3.5 years | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 3.5 years | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 3.48 years | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 3.49 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 3.42 years | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 3.33 years | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 3.44 years | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 3.37 years | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 3.38 years | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 3.43 years | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 3.51 years | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 3.51 years | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.72 years | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 3.81 years | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 3.85 years | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 4.02 years | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 4.21 years | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 4.49 years | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 4.71 years | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 4.87 years | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 5.11 years | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 5.31 years | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 5.47 years | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 5.72 years | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 5.76 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 5.79 years | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 5.82 years | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 5.88 years | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 5.92 years | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 5.94 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 5.89 years | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 5.95 years | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 5.99 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 6.01 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 6.09 years | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 6.15 years | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 6.12 years | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 5.99 years | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 5.99 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6.01 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.86 years | 2.58 years | 3.36 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.53 years | 3.42 years | 3.64 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.53 years | 3.33 years | 3.85 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.97 years | 4.02 years | 5.76 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.93 years | 5.79 years | 6.09 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.05 years | 5.99 years | 6.15 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- 35 Vanuatu 6.83 years compare
- 36 Madagascar 6.82 years compare
- 37 Saint Lucia 6.81 years compare
- 38 Peru 6.78 years compare
- 39 Togo 6.78 years compare
- 40 Mauritania 6.71 years compare
- 41 Tonga 6.7 years compare
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.9% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 25.42 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 19.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 76.42 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 56.74 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 28.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 6.01 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.15 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.58 years in 1970.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 38th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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