School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary, male was 6.08 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.08 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
46th
of 221 groups
All-time high
6.38 years
in 2020
All-time low
3.79 years
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Low Income (july 2025) recorded 6.08 years for school life expectancy, primary, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 6.38 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.79 years, in 1970.
WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 46th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.79 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.81 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 3.82 years | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 3.8 years | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 3.83 years | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 3.94 years | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 4.02 years | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 4.1 years | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 4.12 years | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 4.28 years | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 4.34 years | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 4.43 years | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 4.31 years | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 4.3 years | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 4.28 years | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 4.24 years | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 4.24 years | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 4.17 years | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 4.27 years | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 4.15 years | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 3.96 years | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 4.09 years | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 3.96 years | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 3.96 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 4.04 years | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 4.28 years | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 4.34 years | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 4.58 years | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 4.74 years | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 4.66 years | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 4.74 years | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 4.89 years | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 5.24 years | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 5.38 years | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 5.56 years | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 5.65 years | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 5.78 years | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 5.93 years | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 6.15 years | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 6.14 years | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 6.11 years | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 6.14 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 6.14 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6.09 years | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 6.15 years | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 6.04 years | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 6.12 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6.19 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 6.25 years | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 6.32 years | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 6.38 years | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 6.3 years | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 6.09 years | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 6.07 years | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 6.08 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.95 years | 3.79 years | 4.28 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.27 years | 4.15 years | 4.43 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.26 years | 3.96 years | 4.74 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.55 years | 4.74 years | 6.15 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.16 years | 6.04 years | 6.32 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.19 years | 6.07 years | 6.38 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.25 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.02 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.71 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.76 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 6.08 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.38 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.79 years in 1970.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 46th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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