School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 11.61 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
11.61 years
Change on year
up 1.8%
Rank
136th
of 221 groups
All-time high
11.61 years
in 2024
All-time low
6.87 years
in 1981
Years of data
44
1981–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 11.61 years. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 11.61 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.87 years, in 1981.
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 136th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6.87 years | — |
| 1982 | 6.94 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 6.95 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 6.96 years | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 6.96 years | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 6.91 years | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 6.91 years | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 6.93 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 6.94 years | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 6.93 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 7 years | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 7.06 years | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 7.12 years | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 7.19 years | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 7.21 years | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 7.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 7.34 years | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 7.4 years | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 7.49 years | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 7.58 years | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 7.61 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 7.83 years | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 8.37 years | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 8.57 years | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 8.8 years | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 8.97 years | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 9.15 years | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 9.37 years | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 9.46 years | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 9.72 years | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 9.91 years | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 10.23 years | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 10.53 years | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 10.65 years | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 10.72 years | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 10.96 years | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 10.89 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 10.59 years | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 10.69 years | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 10.83 years | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 10.98 years | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 11.26 years | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 11.4 years | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 11.61 years | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.93 years | 6.87 years | 6.96 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 7.2 years | 6.93 years | 7.49 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.57 years | 7.58 years | 9.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.49 years | 9.72 years | 10.96 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.22 years | 10.83 years | 11.61 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 11.61 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.61 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.87 years in 1981.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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