School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 14.81 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
14.81 years
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
43rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
14.81 years
in 2024
All-time low
8.89 years
in 1975
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 14.81 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 14.81 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.89 years, in 1975.
That places WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 43rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8.89 years | — |
| 1976 | 8.95 years | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 9.26 years | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 9.37 years | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 9.2 years | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 8.97 years | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 9.05 years | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 9 years | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 9.05 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 9.16 years | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 9.49 years | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 9.69 years | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 9.72 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 9.87 years | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 9.78 years | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 9.69 years | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 9.65 years | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 9.6 years | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 9.55 years | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 9.51 years | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 9.57 years | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 9.68 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 9.8 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 9.83 years | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 9.99 years | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 10.1 years | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 10.23 years | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 10.42 years | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 10.62 years | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 10.79 years | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 10.98 years | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 11.16 years | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 11.42 years | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 11.59 years | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 11.84 years | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 12.06 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 12.25 years | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 13.29 years | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 13.57 years | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 13.65 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 13.74 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 13.76 years | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 13.86 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 13.96 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14.07 years | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 14.22 years | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 14.42 years | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 14.57 years | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 14.67 years | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 14.81 years | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.14 years | 8.89 years | 9.37 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 9.38 years | 8.97 years | 9.87 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.69 years | 9.51 years | 9.99 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.92 years | 10.1 years | 11.84 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.42 years | 12.06 years | 14.07 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.54 years | 14.22 years | 14.81 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 14.81 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.81 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.89 years in 1975.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 43rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Upper 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release