School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 1.99 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 1.99 years, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 2.44 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1.16 years, in 1970.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.16 years | — |
| 1971 | 1.17 years | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 1.18 years | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 1.22 years | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 1.25 years | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 1.28 years | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 1.3 years | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 1.31 years | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 1.34 years | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 1.35 years | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 1.35 years | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 1.42 years | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 1.43 years | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 1.47 years | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 1.5 years | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 1.54 years | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 1.56 years | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 1.56 years | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 1.55 years | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 1.52 years | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.5 years | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 1.5 years | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1.48 years | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 1.49 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 1.47 years | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 1.45 years | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 1.45 years | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.46 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.46 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 1.47 years | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.5 years | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1.54 years | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 1.63 years | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 2.06 years | +25.8% |
| 2004 | 2.14 years | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 2.19 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 2.19 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.19 years | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2.23 years | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 2.31 years | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 2.35 years | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 2.35 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2.44 years | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 2.12 years | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 2.09 years | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 2.1 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 2.04 years | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.09 years | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.02 years | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 2.02 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.99 years | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.26 years | 1.16 years | 1.35 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.49 years | 1.35 years | 1.56 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.47 years | 1.45 years | 1.5 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 years | 1.5 years | 2.31 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.16 years | 2.02 years | 2.44 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.99 years | 1.99 years | 1.99 years | 1 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 6.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.2% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 3.22 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.1% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.35 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 514,139 (2020)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.55 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 9.24 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.69 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 1.99 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.44 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.16 years in 1970.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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