School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)

ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 17.08 years in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
17.08 years
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
12th
of 221 groups
All-time high
17.08 years
in 2024
All-time low
16.61 years
in 2018
Years of data
13
2012–2024

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436), 2012–2024

0510152012201820242012: 16.9 years2013: 16.9 years2014: 17 years2015: 17 years2016: 16.9 years2017: 16.8 years2018: 16.6 years2019: 16.8 years2020: 16.8 years2021: 16.9 years2022: 16.9 years2023: 17 years2024: 17.1 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) recorded 17.08 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) peaked at 17.08 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.61 years, in 2018.

That places ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 12th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436), 2012 to 2024.
Year years Change
2012 16.91 years
2013 16.93 years +0.1%
2014 16.95 years +0.2%
2015 16.98 years +0.2%
2016 16.86 years -0.7%
2017 16.78 years -0.5%
2018 16.61 years -1.0%
2019 16.84 years +1.4%
2020 16.82 years -0.1%
2021 16.89 years +0.5%
2022 16.89 years -0.0%
2023 16.97 years +0.5%
2024 17.08 years +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 16.86 years 16.61 years 16.98 years 8
2020s 16.93 years 16.82 years 17.08 years 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)

  1. 9 Belgium 20.04 years compare
  2. 10 New Zealand 19.69 years compare
  3. 11 Norway 19.45 years compare
  4. 12 Iceland 19.37 years compare
  5. 13 Ireland 19.17 years compare
  6. 14 Uruguay 18.96 years compare
  7. 15 Netherlands 18.95 years compare

See the full ranking of 400 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) was 17.08 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)?
The highest recorded value was 17.08 years in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)?
The lowest recorded value was 16.61 years in 2018.
How does ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) ranks 12th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436)?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,742 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release