School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 6.03 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.03 years
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
59th
of 221 groups
All-time high
6.03 years
in 2024
All-time low
2.11 years
in 1983
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) recorded 6.03 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) peaked at 6.03 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.11 years, in 1983.
That places ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 59th 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.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2.33 years | — |
| 1976 | 2.34 years | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 2.71 years | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 2.99 years | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 2.74 years | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 2.45 years | -10.7% |
| 1981 | 2.27 years | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 2.15 years | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 2.11 years | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 2.13 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 2.26 years | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 2.38 years | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 2.57 years | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 2.7 years | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 2.74 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 2.72 years | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 2.79 years | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 2.9 years | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 2.96 years | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 3.08 years | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 3.18 years | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 3.35 years | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 3.47 years | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 3.57 years | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 3.7 years | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 3.84 years | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 3.88 years | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 3.98 years | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 4.08 years | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 4.23 years | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 4.39 years | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 4.61 years | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 4.85 years | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 5.01 years | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 5.28 years | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 5.38 years | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 5.52 years | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 5.56 years | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 5.73 years | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 5.71 years | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 5.73 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 5.68 years | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 5.7 years | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 5.77 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 5.85 years | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 5.86 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5.91 years | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 5.96 years | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 5.99 years | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 6.03 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.62 years | 2.33 years | 2.99 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 2.38 years | 2.11 years | 2.74 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.17 years | 2.72 years | 3.7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.41 years | 3.84 years | 5.28 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.66 years | 5.38 years | 5.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.95 years | 5.86 years | 6.03 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
- 56 Gambia 6.98 years compare
- 57 Switzerland 6.97 years compare
- 58 Fiji 6.95 years compare
- 59 New Caledonia 6.93 years compare
- 60 Norway 6.88 years compare
- 61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.88 years compare
- 62 Ireland 6.84 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 45.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 46.19 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 91.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -7.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) was 6.03 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.03 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.11 years in 1983.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 59th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 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