School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) (expectancy female) in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) (expectancy female) was 1.91 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries recorded 1.91 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 1.91 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.19 years, in 1998.
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 221st of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) (expectancy female) in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.19 years | — |
| 1999 | 1.19 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.23 years | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 1.27 years | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 1.37 years | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 1.39 years | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.46 years | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 1.45 years | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.43 years | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.4 years | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 1.44 years | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 1.53 years | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 1.56 years | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1.55 years | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.64 years | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 1.75 years | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 1.77 years | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.83 years | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1.81 years | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.9 years | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 1.87 years | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.91 years | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.91 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.19 years | 1.19 years | 1.19 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.4 years | 1.23 years | 1.53 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.76 years | 1.55 years | 1.91 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.91 years | 1.91 years | 1.91 years | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 612,034 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 1.91 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1.91 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.19 years in 1998.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 221st out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release