School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) in WB: Oecd Members
WB: Oecd Members: School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) was 5.58 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Oecd Members, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Oecd Members is 5.58 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Oecd Members peaked at 5.98 years in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5.57 years, in 2022.
That places WB: Oecd Members 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) in WB: Oecd Members, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5.95 years | — |
| 2000 | 5.95 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5.93 years | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 5.91 years | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 5.91 years | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.94 years | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 5.96 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 5.95 years | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 5.97 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 5.98 years | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 5.97 years | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 5.95 years | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.92 years | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 5.92 years | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 5.86 years | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 5.82 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 5.8 years | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 5.8 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.78 years | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 5.75 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 5.74 years | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 5.66 years | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 5.62 years | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5.57 years | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 5.58 years | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5.58 years | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.95 years | 5.95 years | 5.95 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 5.95 years | 5.91 years | 5.98 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.83 years | 5.74 years | 5.95 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6 years | 5.57 years | 5.66 years | 5 |
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More education data for WB: Oecd Members
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 30.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 36.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 57.13 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0557 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0572 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37.11 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Oecd Members?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in WB: Oecd Members was 5.58 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in WB: Oecd Members?
- The highest recorded value was 5.98 years in 2008.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in WB: Oecd Members?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.57 years in 2022.
- How does WB: Oecd Members rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- WB: Oecd Members ranks 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in WB: Oecd Members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Oecd Members 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