School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 4.63 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.63 years
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
126th
of 221 groups
All-time high
4.64 years
in 2022
All-time low
2.24 years
in 1976
Years of data
49
1976–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) stood at 4.63 years.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 4.64 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.24 years, in 1976.
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 126th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2.24 years | — |
| 1977 | 2.25 years | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 2.26 years | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 2.28 years | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 2.3 years | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 2.3 years | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 2.31 years | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 2.32 years | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 2.33 years | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 2.36 years | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 2.37 years | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 2.39 years | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 2.39 years | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 2.39 years | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 2.41 years | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 2.45 years | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 2.48 years | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 2.5 years | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 2.55 years | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 2.58 years | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 2.6 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 2.64 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 2.68 years | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 2.73 years | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 2.77 years | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 2.81 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 2.91 years | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 3.06 years | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 3.12 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 3.22 years | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 3.28 years | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 3.36 years | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 3.51 years | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 3.58 years | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 3.74 years | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 3.85 years | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 3.98 years | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 4.09 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 4.23 years | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 4.26 years | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 4.31 years | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 4.3 years | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4.41 years | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 4.45 years | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 4.52 years | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 4.57 years | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 4.64 years | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 4.64 years | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 4.63 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.26 years | 2.24 years | 2.28 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 2.34 years | 2.3 years | 2.39 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.56 years | 2.41 years | 2.73 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.16 years | 2.77 years | 3.58 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.16 years | 3.74 years | 4.45 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6 years | 4.52 years | 4.64 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- 123 Bhutan 5.5 years compare
- 124 Antigua and Barbuda 5.49 years compare
- 125 Timor-Leste 5.46 years compare
- 126 Peru 5.45 years compare
- 127 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.45 years compare
- 128 South Africa 5.41 years compare
- 129 Gabon 5.34 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 135.85 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.74 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 82.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5884 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82.99 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 4.63 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.64 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.24 years in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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