School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) (expectancy female) in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) (expectancy female) was 4.58 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.58 years
Change on year
up 3.4%
Rank
129th
of 221 groups
All-time high
4.58 years
in 2024
All-time low
2.81 years
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) stood at 4.58 years. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 4.58 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.81 years, in 1971.
That places ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 129th 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.
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) (expectancy female) in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.84 years | — |
| 1971 | 2.81 years | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 2.84 years | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 2.85 years | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 2.84 years | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 2.85 years | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 2.83 years | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 2.84 years | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 2.82 years | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 2.81 years | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 2.82 years | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 2.82 years | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 2.83 years | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 2.83 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 2.83 years | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2.83 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2.85 years | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 2.85 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 2.85 years | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 2.87 years | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 2.89 years | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 2.98 years | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 3.04 years | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 3.06 years | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 3.08 years | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 3.1 years | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 3.1 years | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.1 years | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 3.08 years | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 3.06 years | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 3.03 years | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 3.09 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 3.1 years | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 3.06 years | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 3.08 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 3.1 years | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 3.31 years | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 3.32 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 3.34 years | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 3.42 years | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 3.45 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3.49 years | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 3.49 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 3.68 years | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 3.79 years | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 3.91 years | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 4 years | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 4.01 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 4.15 years | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 4.23 years | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 4.22 years | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 4.22 years | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 4.26 years | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 4.42 years | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 4.58 years | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.83 years | 2.81 years | 2.85 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.84 years | 2.82 years | 2.87 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.05 years | 2.89 years | 3.1 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.19 years | 3.03 years | 3.42 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.82 years | 3.45 years | 4.23 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.34 years | 4.22 years | 4.58 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 544,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 18.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 4.58 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.58 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.81 years in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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