School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) was 5.75 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) is 5.75 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 5.75 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.9 years, in 2001.
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 130th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5.02 years | — |
| 2000 | 5.01 years | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 4.9 years | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 4.98 years | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 5.13 years | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 5.25 years | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 5.29 years | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 5.33 years | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 5.41 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 5.36 years | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 5.31 years | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 5.33 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 5.28 years | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 5.36 years | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 5.29 years | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 5.25 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 5.28 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 5.44 years | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 5.36 years | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 5.05 years | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 5.01 years | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 5.07 years | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 5.12 years | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 5.44 years | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 5.5 years | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 5.75 years | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.02 years | 5.02 years | 5.02 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 5.2 years | 4.9 years | 5.41 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.26 years | 5.01 years | 5.44 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.38 years | 5.07 years | 5.75 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 101.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 84.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6662 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 175.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 193.66 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 5.75 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.75 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9 years in 2001.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 130th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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