School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)

ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 8.16 years in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
8.16 years
Change on year
up 1.7%
Rank
203rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
8.16 years
in 2016
All-time low
3.48 years
in 1970
Years of data
47
1970–2016

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2016

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2016, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) stood at 8.16 years. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 8.16 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.48 years, in 1970.

That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970 to 2016.
Year years Change
1970 3.48 years
1971 3.48 years +0.1%
1972 3.57 years +2.5%
1973 3.65 years +2.4%
1974 3.69 years +0.9%
1975 3.78 years +2.4%
1976 3.85 years +2.0%
1977 3.95 years +2.6%
1978 4.04 years +2.3%
1979 4.08 years +0.9%
1980 4.16 years +2.0%
1981 4.26 years +2.4%
1982 4.3 years +0.8%
1983 4.32 years +0.5%
1984 4.36 years +0.9%
1985 4.3 years -1.3%
1986 4.34 years +0.9%
1987 4.37 years +0.8%
1988 4.41 years +0.8%
1989 4.34 years -1.6%
1990 4.21 years -2.8%
1991 4.35 years +3.1%
1992 4.24 years -2.5%
1993 4.24 years -0.1%
1994 4.28 years +1.1%
1995 4.43 years +3.5%
1996 4.44 years +0.3%
1997 4.66 years +4.9%
1998 4.79 years +2.9%
1999 4.86 years +1.3%
2000 5.06 years +4.3%
2001 5.27 years +4.0%
2002 5.57 years +5.8%
2003 5.84 years +4.8%
2004 6.05 years +3.6%
2005 6.41 years +5.9%
2006 6.72 years +4.9%
2007 6.96 years +3.5%
2008 7.34 years +5.5%
2009 7.52 years +2.4%
2010 7.64 years +1.6%
2011 7.8 years +2.1%
2012 7.92 years +1.5%
2013 7.94 years +0.2%
2014 8.05 years +1.4%
2015 8.02 years -0.3%
2016 8.16 years +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 3.76 years 3.48 years 4.08 years 10
1980s 4.31 years 4.16 years 4.41 years 10
1990s 4.45 years 4.21 years 4.86 years 10
2000s 6.27 years 5.06 years 7.52 years 10
2010s 7.93 years 7.64 years 8.16 years 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 8.16 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The highest recorded value was 8.16 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The lowest recorded value was 3.48 years in 1970.
How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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