School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) was 8.5 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 8.5 years. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 8.5 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.75 years, in 1970.
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 194th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.75 years | — |
| 1971 | 2.75 years | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2.83 years | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 2.88 years | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 2.97 years | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 3.14 years | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 3.3 years | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 3.5 years | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 3.72 years | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 3.88 years | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 4.03 years | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 4.18 years | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 4.22 years | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 4.22 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 4.14 years | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 4.02 years | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 4.04 years | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 4.03 years | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 4.05 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 3.99 years | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 3.87 years | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 3.99 years | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 3.89 years | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 3.93 years | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 3.97 years | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 4.14 years | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 4.2 years | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 4.47 years | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 4.65 years | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 4.78 years | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 5.02 years | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 5.27 years | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 5.56 years | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 5.82 years | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 6.1 years | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 6.45 years | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 6.77 years | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 7.06 years | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 7.46 years | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 7.62 years | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 7.71 years | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 7.82 years | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 7.94 years | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 8.08 years | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 8.17 years | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 8.16 years | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 8.27 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 8.39 years | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 8.5 years | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.17 years | 2.75 years | 3.88 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.09 years | 3.99 years | 4.22 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.19 years | 3.87 years | 4.78 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.31 years | 5.02 years | 7.62 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.12 years | 7.71 years | 8.5 years | 9 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.38 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.57 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.08 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.63 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.51 % change on previous year (2021)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 8.5 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.5 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.75 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 194th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release