School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 2.46 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
2.46 years
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
208th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.46 years
in 2023
All-time low
0.5541 years
in 1971
Years of data
54
1970–2023
School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) is 2.46 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 2.46 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5541 years, in 1971.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 208th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.555 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.5541 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5719 years | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 0.5847 years | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.5896 years | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.6044 years | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6216 years | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6455 years | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6701 years | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6962 years | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 0.7352 years | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7714 years | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7942 years | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8185 years | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8385 years | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8431 years | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8489 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8617 years | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.8879 years | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8835 years | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8861 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9024 years | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8997 years | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.9007 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9067 years | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9544 years | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9642 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9794 years | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 1.01 years | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 1.05 years | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 1.09 years | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 1.16 years | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 1.2 years | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 1.24 years | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.3 years | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 1.39 years | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 1.47 years | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 1.56 years | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 1.69 years | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 1.79 years | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 1.91 years | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 2.03 years | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 2.09 years | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 2.17 years | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 2.21 years | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 2.24 years | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2.28 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.31 years | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 2.35 years | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 2.38 years | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 2.4 years | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 2.43 years | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 2.43 years | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2.46 years | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6093 years | 0.5541 years | 0.6962 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8283 years | 0.7352 years | 0.8879 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.945 years | 0.8861 years | 1.05 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.39 years | 1.09 years | 1.79 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2 years | 1.91 years | 2.38 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.43 years | 2.4 years | 2.46 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- 205 Mozambique 1.85 years compare
- 206 Tanzania 1.75 years compare
- 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
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.9% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 25.42 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 19.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 76.42 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 56.74 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 28.14 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 2.46 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.46 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5541 years in 1971.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 208th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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