School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) was 4.36 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.36 years
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
143rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
4.41 years
in 2020
All-time low
1.56 years
in 1976
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) recorded 4.36 years for school life expectancy, secondary, male in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 4.41 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.56 years, in 1976.
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 143rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.6 years | — |
| 1971 | 1.61 years | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 1.64 years | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 1.65 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 1.62 years | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 1.59 years | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 1.56 years | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 1.6 years | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 1.62 years | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 1.67 years | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 1.74 years | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 1.74 years | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.78 years | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 1.87 years | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 1.84 years | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 1.82 years | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 1.74 years | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 1.79 years | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 1.77 years | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 1.78 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 1.74 years | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 1.93 years | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 2.07 years | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 2.16 years | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 2.3 years | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 2.39 years | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 2.47 years | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 2.53 years | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 2.57 years | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 2.66 years | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 2.72 years | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 2.79 years | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 2.87 years | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 2.88 years | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2.94 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 2.88 years | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 2.99 years | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 2.99 years | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 3.04 years | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 3.26 years | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 3.36 years | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 3.41 years | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 3.54 years | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 3.79 years | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 3.87 years | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 3.96 years | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 4.2 years | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 4.14 years | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 4.35 years | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 4.36 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 4.41 years | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 4.4 years | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 4.38 years | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 4.38 years | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 4.36 years | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.62 years | 1.56 years | 1.67 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.79 years | 1.74 years | 1.87 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.28 years | 1.74 years | 2.66 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.94 years | 2.72 years | 3.26 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9 years | 3.36 years | 4.36 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.39 years | 4.36 years | 4.41 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 4.36 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.41 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.56 years in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 143rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release