School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, primary, male was 6.14 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.14 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
32nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
6.42 years
in 2020
All-time low
3.84 years
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) is 6.14 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 6.42 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.84 years, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 32nd 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, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.84 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.85 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 3.86 years | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 3.85 years | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 3.88 years | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 3.99 years | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 4.07 years | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 4.15 years | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 4.17 years | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 4.32 years | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 4.38 years | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 4.46 years | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 4.35 years | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 4.34 years | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 4.33 years | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 4.29 years | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 4.3 years | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 4.22 years | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 4.32 years | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 4.2 years | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 4.02 years | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 4.14 years | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 4.02 years | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 4.02 years | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 4.09 years | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 4.33 years | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 4.38 years | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 4.61 years | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 4.77 years | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 4.69 years | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 4.77 years | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 4.91 years | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 5.26 years | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 5.41 years | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 5.61 years | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 5.72 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 5.84 years | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 5.99 years | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 6.2 years | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 6.18 years | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 6.15 years | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6.19 years | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 6.19 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 6.14 years | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 6.19 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 6.07 years | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 6.14 years | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 6.22 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 6.28 years | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 6.35 years | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 6.42 years | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 6.34 years | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 6.15 years | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 6.13 years | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 6.14 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4 years | 3.84 years | 4.32 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.32 years | 4.2 years | 4.46 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.31 years | 4.02 years | 4.77 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.59 years | 4.77 years | 6.2 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.19 years | 6.07 years | 6.35 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.23 years | 6.13 years | 6.42 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 119.16 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 6.14 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.42 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.84 years in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 32nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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