School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 6.16 years in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 1998–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2016, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) stood at 6.16 years. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 6.16 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.19 years, in 1999.
That places ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.19 years | 4.19 years | 4.2 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.93 years | 4.3 years | 5.56 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.87 years | 5.56 years | 6.16 years | 7 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.0% (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 98.5% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.55 million (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.0% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.29 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 391,501 (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.85 million (2020)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.02 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 3.91 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 6.16 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.16 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.19 years in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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