School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 11.29 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) is 11.29 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 11.31 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.43 years | 6 years | 7.08 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.61 years | 7.2 years | 7.91 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.18 years | 7.88 years | 8.64 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.36 years | 8.74 years | 9.79 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.43 years | 9.91 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.19 years | 11.08 years | 11.31 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.75 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.33 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 27.50 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.47 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 11.29 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.31 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release