School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 2.3 years in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
2.3 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
211th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.3 years
in 2022
All-time low
0.8207 years
in 1972
Years of data
53
1970–2022
School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2022, school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Low Income (july 2025) stood at 2.3 years. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 2.3 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8207 years, in 1972.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8307 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.8369 years | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.8207 years | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.8599 years | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 0.9003 years | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 0.9186 years | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.9414 years | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.9791 years | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 1.04 years | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 1.05 years | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 1.07 years | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 1.11 years | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 1.12 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 1.15 years | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 1.12 years | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 1.1 years | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 1.08 years | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 1.06 years | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 1.07 years | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.06 years | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 1.06 years | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 1.06 years | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 1.06 years | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.05 years | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.05 years | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1.1 years | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 1.1 years | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.11 years | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.12 years | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 1.14 years | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.17 years | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1.21 years | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 1.26 years | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.34 years | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 1.39 years | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.46 years | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 1.54 years | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 1.61 years | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 1.71 years | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1.8 years | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1.89 years | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 1.99 years | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 2.04 years | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.02 years | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.06 years | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 2.08 years | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 2.11 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.16 years | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.18 years | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 2.21 years | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 2.24 years | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2.28 years | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 2.3 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9179 years | 0.8207 years | 1.05 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1 years | 1.06 years | 1.15 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 years | 1.05 years | 1.14 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.45 years | 1.17 years | 1.8 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.07 years | 1.89 years | 2.21 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.27 years | 2.24 years | 2.3 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- 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 WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.25 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.02 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.71 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.76 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 2.3 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8207 years in 1972.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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