School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 5.43 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1975β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) is 5.43 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 5.43 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.41 years, in 1983.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 88th 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 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.65 years | 2.51 years | 2.84 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 2.54 years | 2.41 years | 2.72 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3 years | 2.71 years | 3.32 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.83 years | 3.4 years | 4.4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.94 years | 4.53 years | 5.25 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.39 years | 5.29 years | 5.43 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 216.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 242.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 5.43 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.43 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.41 years in 1983.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 88th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release