School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 5.96 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) is 5.96 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) peaked at 5.96 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.73 years, in 1984.
That places ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 49th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 3.1 years | — |
| 1976 | 3.12 years | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 3.54 years | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 3.78 years | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 3.49 years | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 3.15 years | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 3 years | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 2.83 years | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 2.73 years | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 2.73 years | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 2.85 years | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 2.99 years | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 3.15 years | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 3.29 years | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 3.32 years | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 3.31 years | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 3.39 years | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 3.47 years | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 3.53 years | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 3.52 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 3.58 years | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 3.71 years | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 3.82 years | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 3.87 years | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 3.93 years | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 4.04 years | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 4.06 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 4.16 years | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 4.26 years | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 4.32 years | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 4.39 years | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 4.56 years | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 4.79 years | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 4.91 years | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 5.13 years | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 5.32 years | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 5.44 years | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 5.43 years | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 5.6 years | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 5.55 years | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 5.56 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 5.5 years | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 5.55 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 5.61 years | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 5.7 years | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 5.73 years | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 5.8 years | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 5.85 years | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 5.89 years | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 5.96 years | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.41 years | 3.1 years | 3.78 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 3.01 years | 2.73 years | 3.32 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.61 years | 3.31 years | 3.93 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.46 years | 4.04 years | 5.13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.53 years | 5.32 years | 5.7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.84 years | 5.73 years | 5.96 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 85.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4426 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 76.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 91.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -7.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) was 5.96 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.96 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.73 years in 1984.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 49th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 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