School life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.91 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification is 5.91 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 6.06 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.23 years, in 1971.
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 61st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.65 years | 2.23 years | 3.12 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.33 years | 3.19 years | 3.44 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.65 years | 3.36 years | 3.99 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.96 years | 4.14 years | 5.65 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.87 years | 5.7 years | 6.01 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.96 years | 5.9 years | 6.06 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- 58 Libya 6.26 years compare
- 59 Saudi Arabia 6.26 years compare
- 60 Marshall Islands 6.24 years compare
- 61 Costa Rica 6.23 years compare
- 62 Tunisia 6.23 years compare
- 63 Netherlands 6.22 years compare
- 64 Maldives 6.2 years compare
More education data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 87.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 74.48 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
All data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification β
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification was 5.91 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The highest recorded value was 6.06 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.23 years in 1971.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 61st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release