School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes was 2.63 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.63 years
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
206th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.63 years
in 2023
All-time low
0.7495 years
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) is 2.63 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 2.63 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7495 years, in 1970.
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 206th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7495 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.7519 years | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7803 years | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.7951 years | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.8014 years | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.8297 years | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.8598 years | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.8963 years | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 0.9335 years | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9735 years | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1.02 years | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 1.06 years | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 1.06 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 1.09 years | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 1.11 years | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1.1 years | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 1.1 years | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 1.1 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.13 years | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 1.12 years | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 1.11 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.13 years | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 1.12 years | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.13 years | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.15 years | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 1.18 years | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 1.19 years | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.2 years | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1.24 years | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 1.28 years | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 1.33 years | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 1.4 years | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 1.46 years | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 1.51 years | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.6 years | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 1.69 years | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 1.79 years | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 1.88 years | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 2.01 years | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 2.1 years | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 2.21 years | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 2.31 years | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 2.37 years | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.42 years | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.46 years | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2.47 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 2.5 years | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 2.53 years | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2.55 years | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2.58 years | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2.6 years | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2.62 years | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 2.61 years | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2.63 years | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2.63 years | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8371 years | 0.7495 years | 0.9735 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 years | 1.02 years | 1.13 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.17 years | 1.11 years | 1.28 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.68 years | 1.33 years | 2.1 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.44 years | 2.21 years | 2.58 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.62 years | 2.6 years | 2.63 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- 203 Sudan 2.18 years compare
- 204 Ethiopia 2.05 years compare
- 205 Mozambique 1.96 years compare
- 206 Burundi 1.79 years compare
- 207 Guinea-Bissau 1.72 years compare
- 208 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.69 years compare
- 209 Chad 1.67 years compare
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, secondary, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 2.63 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.63 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7495 years in 1970.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 206th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. 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, secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release