School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 8.87 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
8.87 years
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
182nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
8.87 years
in 2019
All-time low
3.23 years
in 1971
Years of data
50
1970–2019
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 8.87 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 8.87 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.23 years, in 1971.
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 182nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.24 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.23 years | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 3.29 years | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 3.33 years | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 3.41 years | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 3.53 years | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 3.68 years | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 3.83 years | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 4.02 years | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 4.17 years | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 4.32 years | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 4.5 years | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 4.53 years | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 4.58 years | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 4.54 years | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 4.45 years | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 4.46 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 4.47 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 4.52 years | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 4.45 years | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 4.35 years | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 4.48 years | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 4.4 years | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 4.41 years | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 4.46 years | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 4.6 years | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 4.61 years | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 4.85 years | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 4.97 years | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 5.04 years | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 5.26 years | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 5.52 years | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 5.85 years | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 6.12 years | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 6.35 years | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 6.7 years | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 7 years | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 7.27 years | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 7.65 years | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 7.81 years | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 7.98 years | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 8.14 years | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 8.3 years | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 8.43 years | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 8.5 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 8.5 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 8.6 years | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 8.68 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 8.75 years | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 8.87 years | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.57 years | 3.23 years | 4.17 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.48 years | 4.32 years | 4.58 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.62 years | 4.35 years | 5.04 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.55 years | 5.26 years | 7.81 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.47 years | 7.98 years | 8.87 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.34 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 8.87 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.87 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.23 years in 1971.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 182nd out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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