School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) was 11.17 years in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
11.17 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
148th
of 221 groups
All-time high
11.17 years
in 2021
All-time low
3.38 years
in 1975
Years of data
47
1975–2021
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1975–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) is 11.17 years, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 11.17 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.38 years, in 1975.
That places ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 148th out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 3.38 years | — |
| 1976 | 3.44 years | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 3.44 years | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3.46 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 3.5 years | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 3.61 years | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 3.66 years | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 3.91 years | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 3.92 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 4.17 years | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 4.16 years | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 4.31 years | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 4.34 years | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 4.77 years | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 4.86 years | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 4.87 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 5.2 years | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 5.5 years | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 5.68 years | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 5.95 years | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 6.15 years | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 6.35 years | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 6.48 years | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 6.63 years | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 6.83 years | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 7.09 years | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 7.29 years | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 7.76 years | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 8.01 years | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 7.87 years | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 8.05 years | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 8.27 years | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 8.37 years | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8.41 years | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 8.74 years | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 9.16 years | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 9.59 years | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 9.89 years | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 10.14 years | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 10.29 years | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 10.47 years | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 10.71 years | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 10.61 years | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 10.89 years | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 11.03 years | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 11.13 years | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 11.17 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.44 years | 3.38 years | 3.5 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 4.17 years | 3.61 years | 4.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.96 years | 4.87 years | 6.83 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.99 years | 7.09 years | 8.74 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.28 years | 9.16 years | 11.03 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.15 years | 11.13 years | 11.17 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 11.17 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.17 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.38 years in 1975.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 148th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 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