School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 4.62 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) stood at 4.62 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 4.73 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.14 years, in 1976.
That places ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 131st 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 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3.14 years | — |
| 1977 | 3.16 years | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 3.18 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 3.19 years | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 3.21 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 3.22 years | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 3.24 years | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 3.28 years | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 3.3 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 3.3 years | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 3.25 years | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 3.27 years | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 3.26 years | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 3.25 years | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 3.27 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 3.28 years | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 3.3 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 3.32 years | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 3.34 years | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 3.34 years | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 3.34 years | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.34 years | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 3.36 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 3.38 years | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 3.4 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 3.43 years | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 3.5 years | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.54 years | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 3.63 years | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 3.68 years | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 3.72 years | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 3.77 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3.87 years | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 3.86 years | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 4.02 years | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 4.13 years | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 4.24 years | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 4.25 years | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 4.36 years | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 4.39 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 4.44 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 4.42 years | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 4.51 years | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 4.53 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 4.63 years | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 4.73 years | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 4.72 years | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 4.67 years | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 4.62 years | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.17 years | 3.14 years | 3.19 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 3.26 years | 3.21 years | 3.3 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.33 years | 3.27 years | 3.38 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.64 years | 3.4 years | 3.87 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.33 years | 4.02 years | 4.53 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.67 years | 4.62 years | 4.73 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- 128 Gabon 5.07 years compare
- 129 Côte d'Ivoire 5.07 years compare
- 130 Barbados 5.03 years compare
- 131 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.03 years compare
- 132 Montserrat 5.02 years compare
- 133 Grenada 5.01 years compare
- 134 Timor-Leste 4.96 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 278.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0831 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 82.73 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5884 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 143.09 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 4.62 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.73 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.14 years in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 131st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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