School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 11.27 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 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, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) is 11.27 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 11.34 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.4 years, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 146th 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 | 8.86 years | 8.4 years | 9.43 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.65 years | 9.48 years | 9.82 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.62 years | 9.35 years | 9.83 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.18 years | 9.86 years | 10.44 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8 years | 10.45 years | 11.13 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.26 years | 11.18 years | 11.34 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, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 11.27 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.34 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4 years in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 146th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release