School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)

ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 2.32 years in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
2.32 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
210th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.32 years
in 2022
All-time low
0.8004 years
in 1972
Years of data
53
1970–2022

School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2022

11.522.5197019962022

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2022, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) stood at 2.32 years. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 2.32 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8004 years, in 1972.

ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 210th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970 to 2022.
Year years Change
1970 0.8085 years
1971 0.815 years +0.8%
1972 0.8004 years -1.8%
1973 0.8381 years +4.7%
1974 0.8777 years +4.7%
1975 0.8964 years +2.1%
1976 0.9191 years +2.5%
1977 0.9562 years +4.0%
1978 1.02 years +6.3%
1979 1.03 years +0.9%
1980 1.05 years +2.3%
1981 1.08 years +3.2%
1982 1.09 years +0.9%
1983 1.12 years +2.7%
1984 1.09 years -2.6%
1985 1.07 years -1.9%
1986 1.06 years -1.1%
1987 1.04 years -2.1%
1988 1.05 years +0.9%
1989 1.04 years -0.8%
1990 1.03 years -0.4%
1991 1.04 years +0.5%
1992 1.03 years -0.6%
1993 1.03 years -0.4%
1994 1.03 years -0.2%
1995 1.08 years +4.7%
1996 1.08 years +0.3%
1997 1.09 years +1.0%
1998 1.11 years +1.6%
1999 1.13 years +1.8%
2000 1.16 years +2.5%
2001 1.2 years +4.2%
2002 1.25 years +3.9%
2003 1.34 years +6.8%
2004 1.39 years +3.8%
2005 1.46 years +5.3%
2006 1.55 years +5.9%
2007 1.61 years +4.1%
2008 1.72 years +6.6%
2009 1.81 years +5.2%
2010 1.89 years +4.6%
2011 1.99 years +5.2%
2012 2.04 years +2.5%
2013 2.03 years -0.5%
2014 2.07 years +1.9%
2015 2.09 years +1.1%
2016 2.12 years +1.5%
2017 2.17 years +2.1%
2018 2.2 years +1.4%
2019 2.22 years +1.2%
2020 2.25 years +1.4%
2021 2.3 years +2.0%
2022 2.32 years +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8953 years 0.8004 years 1.03 years 10
1980s 1.07 years 1.04 years 1.12 years 10
1990s 1.06 years 1.03 years 1.13 years 10
2000s 1.45 years 1.16 years 1.81 years 10
2010s 2.08 years 1.89 years 2.22 years 10
2020s 2.29 years 2.25 years 2.32 years 3

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)

  1. 207 Chad 1.38 years compare
  2. 208 Niger 1.37 years compare
  3. 209 Uganda 1.32 years compare
  4. 210 Equatorial Guinea 1.11 years compare
  5. 211 Central African Republic 0.9041 years compare
  6. 212 Guinea-Bissau 0.6937 years compare
  7. 213 Somalia 0.2207 years compare

See the full ranking of 434 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 2.32 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The highest recorded value was 2.32 years in 2022.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8004 years in 1972.
How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 210th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,675 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release