School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in IDA total
IDA total: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 9.51 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in IDA total, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in IDA total is 9.51 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in IDA total peaked at 9.51 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.35 years, in 1970.
That places IDA total 36th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in IDA total, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4.35 years | — |
| 1971 | 4.35 years | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4.5 years | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 4.64 years | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 4.74 years | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 4.86 years | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 4.95 years | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 5.09 years | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 5.25 years | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 5.48 years | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 5.69 years | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 5.86 years | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 6.03 years | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 6.15 years | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 6.19 years | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 6.13 years | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 6.01 years | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 5.99 years | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 6.06 years | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 6 years | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 5.95 years | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 6.09 years | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 6.13 years | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 6.19 years | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 6.24 years | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 6.3 years | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 6.32 years | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 6.5 years | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 6.64 years | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 6.74 years | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 6.93 years | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 7.06 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 7.32 years | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 7.55 years | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 7.81 years | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 8.01 years | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 8.21 years | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 8.31 years | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8.47 years | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 8.66 years | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 8.83 years | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 9.01 years | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 9.14 years | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 9.3 years | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 9.26 years | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 9.3 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 9.33 years | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 9.34 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 9.46 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 9.51 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.82 years | 4.35 years | 5.48 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.01 years | 5.69 years | 6.19 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.31 years | 5.95 years | 6.74 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.83 years | 6.93 years | 8.66 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.25 years | 8.83 years | 9.51 years | 10 |
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More education data for IDA total
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7.15 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7.15 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 757.58 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in IDA total?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in IDA total was 9.51 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 9.51 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.35 years in 1970.
- How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- IDA total ranks 36th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 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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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.