School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): School life expectancy, primary, male was 5.71 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) recorded 5.71 years for school life expectancy, primary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 5.71 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.01 years, in 1974.
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 136th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 5.01 years | — |
| 1975 | 5.05 years | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 5.08 years | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 5.11 years | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 5.16 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 5.19 years | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 5.23 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 5.25 years | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 5.31 years | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 5.34 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 5.3 years | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 5.25 years | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 5.2 years | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 5.19 years | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 5.2 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 5.17 years | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 5.14 years | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 5.14 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 5.16 years | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 5.18 years | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 5.2 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 5.16 years | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 5.17 years | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5.19 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 5.22 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 5.26 years | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 5.29 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 5.22 years | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 5.25 years | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 5.36 years | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 5.47 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 5.56 years | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 5.58 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 5.56 years | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 5.49 years | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 5.47 years | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 5.5 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.5 years | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 5.56 years | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 5.54 years | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 5.46 years | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 5.44 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 5.54 years | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 5.49 years | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 5.29 years | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 5.27 years | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 5.31 years | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 5.33 years | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 5.51 years | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 5.58 years | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 5.71 years | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.1 years | 5.01 years | 5.19 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 5.24 years | 5.17 years | 5.34 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.18 years | 5.14 years | 5.26 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.43 years | 5.22 years | 5.58 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.46 years | 5.27 years | 5.56 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.49 years | 5.31 years | 5.71 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 278.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0831 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 82.73 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5884 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 143.09 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 5.71 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.71 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.01 years in 1974.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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