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
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2022
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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)
- 207 Chad 1.38 years compare
- 208 Niger 1.37 years compare
- 209 Uganda 1.32 years compare
- 210 Equatorial Guinea 1.11 years compare
- 211 Central African Republic 0.9041 years compare
- 212 Guinea-Bissau 0.6937 years compare
- 213 Somalia 0.2207 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
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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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February 2026 Data Release