School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary, male was 5.76 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
5.76 years
Change on year
up 2.5%
Rank
128th
of 221 groups
All-time high
5.76 years
in 2024
All-time low
5.05 years
in 1975
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) is 5.76 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 5.76 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.05 years, in 1975.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 128th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5.05 years | — |
| 1976 | 5.07 years | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 5.1 years | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 5.14 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 5.2 years | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 5.23 years | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 5.26 years | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 5.31 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 5.34 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 5.3 years | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 5.25 years | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 5.19 years | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 5.17 years | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 5.18 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 5.15 years | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 5.12 years | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 5.13 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 5.14 years | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 5.17 years | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 5.2 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 5.17 years | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 5.17 years | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 5.2 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 5.23 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 5.27 years | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 5.3 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 5.22 years | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 5.25 years | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 5.36 years | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 5.48 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 5.58 years | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 5.6 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 5.58 years | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 5.52 years | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 5.51 years | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 5.53 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.55 years | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 5.6 years | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 5.56 years | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 5.48 years | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 5.46 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 5.56 years | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 5.51 years | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 5.31 years | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 5.29 years | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 5.34 years | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 5.35 years | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 5.54 years | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 5.62 years | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 5.76 years | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.11 years | 5.05 years | 5.2 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 5.24 years | 5.15 years | 5.34 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.18 years | 5.12 years | 5.27 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.44 years | 5.22 years | 5.6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.49 years | 5.29 years | 5.6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.52 years | 5.34 years | 5.76 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- 125 Canada 5.69 years compare
- 126 Cayman Islands 5.68 years compare
- 127 Brunei Darussalam 5.68 years compare
- 128 Gambia 5.65 years compare
- 129 Suriname 5.65 years compare
- 130 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.64 years compare
- 131 French Polynesia 5.64 years compare
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 76.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 38.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 38.00 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 5.76 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.76 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.05 years in 1975.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 128th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle 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