School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 6.05 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.05 years
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
57th
of 221 groups
All-time high
6.05 years
in 2024
All-time low
2.1 years
in 1983
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 6.05 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 6.05 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.1 years, in 1983.
That places WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 57th 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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2.21 years | — |
| 1976 | 2.24 years | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 2.52 years | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 2.74 years | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 2.57 years | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 2.35 years | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 2.22 years | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 2.13 years | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 2.1 years | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 2.13 years | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 2.24 years | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 2.34 years | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 2.48 years | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 2.58 years | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 2.62 years | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 2.63 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 2.71 years | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 2.8 years | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 2.87 years | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 2.98 years | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 3.07 years | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 3.2 years | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 3.3 years | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 3.4 years | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 3.51 years | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 3.61 years | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 3.67 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 3.75 years | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 3.84 years | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 3.98 years | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 4.09 years | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 4.27 years | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 4.46 years | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 4.58 years | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 4.8 years | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 4.87 years | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 4.98 years | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 5.59 years | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 5.76 years | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 5.77 years | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 5.76 years | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.75 years | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 5.77 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 5.81 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 5.87 years | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 5.91 years | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 5.95 years | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 5.97 years | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 6.02 years | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 6.05 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.46 years | 2.21 years | 2.74 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 2.32 years | 2.1 years | 2.62 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.05 years | 2.63 years | 3.51 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.1 years | 3.61 years | 4.8 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.59 years | 4.87 years | 5.87 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.98 years | 5.91 years | 6.05 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 120.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 73.77 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 6.05 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.05 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 years in 1983.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 57th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Upper Middle 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