School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 6.98 years in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2016, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 6.98 years.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 7.39 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5.57 years, in 1971.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.59 years | — |
| 1971 | 5.57 years | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 5.64 years | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 5.8 years | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 5.88 years | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 5.98 years | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 6.08 years | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 6.11 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 6.14 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 6.21 years | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 6.24 years | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 6.31 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 6.47 years | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 6.72 years | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 6.86 years | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 6.96 years | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 6.93 years | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 7.07 years | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 7.18 years | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 7.17 years | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 7.18 years | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 7.39 years | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 6.83 years | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 6.95 years | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 6.95 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 6.98 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.83 years | 5.57 years | 6.11 years | 8 |
| 1990s | 6.14 years | 6.14 years | 6.14 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.7 years | 6.21 years | 7.18 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.06 years | 6.83 years | 7.39 years | 7 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 6.98 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.39 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.57 years in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release