School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 6.59 years in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
6.59 years
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
219th
of 221 groups
All-time high
6.81 years
in 2012
All-time low
4.2 years
in 1971
Years of data
25
1971–2016

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1971–2016

02461971199320161971: 4.2 years1972: 4.3 years1973: 4.4 years1974: 4.5 years1975: 4.6 years1976: 4.7 years1977: 4.8 years1999: 5.1 years2000: 5.2 years2001: 5.3 years2002: 5.4 years2003: 5.6 years2004: 5.9 years2005: 6.1 years2006: 6.2 years2007: 6.2 years2008: 6.4 years2009: 6.5 years2010: 6.6 years2011: 6.6 years2012: 6.8 years2013: 6.3 years2014: 6.5 years2015: 6.5 years2016: 6.6 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 6.59 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2016.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 6.81 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.2 years, in 1971.

That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1971 to 2016.
Year years Change
1971 4.2 years
1972 4.29 years +2.1%
1973 4.42 years +3.1%
1974 4.51 years +2.0%
1975 4.6 years +2.1%
1976 4.71 years +2.3%
1977 4.77 years +1.2%
1999 5.08 years +6.6%
2000 5.18 years +2.0%
2001 5.26 years +1.4%
2002 5.44 years +3.5%
2003 5.61 years +3.2%
2004 5.87 years +4.6%
2005 6.08 years +3.5%
2006 6.23 years +2.5%
2007 6.21 years -0.3%
2008 6.41 years +3.2%
2009 6.55 years +2.1%
2010 6.58 years +0.5%
2011 6.6 years +0.4%
2012 6.81 years +3.1%
2013 6.31 years -7.3%
2014 6.46 years +2.4%
2015 6.53 years +1.1%
2016 6.59 years +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 4.5 years 4.2 years 4.77 years 7
1990s 5.08 years 5.08 years 5.08 years 1
2000s 5.89 years 5.18 years 6.55 years 10
2010s 6.55 years 6.31 years 6.81 years 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 6.59 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 6.81 years in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 4.2 years in 1971.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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