School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427): School life expectancy, primary, male was 6.83 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) stood at 6.83 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) peaked at 6.83 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.18 years, in 2006.
ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) ranks 7th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4.28 years | — |
| 1971 | 4.33 years | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 4.37 years | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 4.48 years | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 4.51 years | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 4.52 years | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 4.56 years | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 4.52 years | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 4.52 years | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 4.57 years | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 4.71 years | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 4.66 years | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 4.68 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 4.76 years | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 4.85 years | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 4.9 years | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 4.91 years | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 4.92 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 4.95 years | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 5.03 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 4.94 years | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 4.89 years | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 4.96 years | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 5.09 years | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 5.16 years | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 5.09 years | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 4.99 years | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 4.99 years | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 5.09 years | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 4.88 years | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 4.73 years | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 4.46 years | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 4.37 years | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 4.2 years | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 4.18 years | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 4.24 years | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 4.18 years | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 4.21 years | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 4.28 years | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 4.82 years | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 5.39 years | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 5.93 years | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 6.46 years | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 6.5 years | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 6.53 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 6.56 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 6.58 years | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 6.7 years | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 6.81 years | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 6.83 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.47 years | 4.28 years | 4.57 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.84 years | 4.66 years | 5.03 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.01 years | 4.88 years | 5.16 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.37 years | 4.18 years | 4.82 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.43 years | 5.39 years | 6.83 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
- 4 Namibia 8.96 years compare
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.91 years compare
- 6 Mozambique 8.82 years compare
- 7 Eswatini 8.43 years compare
- 8 Malawi 8.3 years compare
- 9 Antigua and Barbuda 8.13 years compare
- 10 Zambia 8.03 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.7% (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.6% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 355,410 (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.3% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 429,558 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 503,737 (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 49,680 (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 955,571 (2019)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 313,204 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 288,423 (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) was 6.83 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.83 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.18 years in 2006.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) ranks 7th out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release