School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 2.15 years in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
2.15 years
Change on year
down 1.8%
Rank
221st
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.85 years
in 2004
All-time low
2.15 years
in 2020
Years of data
51
1970–2020

School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2020

0123197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 2.15 years, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 51 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 2.85 years in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2.15 years, in 2020.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 221st of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970 to 2020.
Year years Change
1970 2.33 years
1971 2.33 years +0.2%
1972 2.31 years -0.9%
1973 2.38 years +3.2%
1974 2.41 years +1.3%
1975 2.42 years +0.0%
1976 2.42 years +0.4%
1977 2.38 years -2.0%
1978 2.39 years +0.8%
1979 2.39 years -0.3%
1980 2.33 years -2.4%
1981 2.44 years +4.8%
1982 2.41 years -1.3%
1983 2.46 years +2.1%
1984 2.49 years +1.2%
1985 2.53 years +1.5%
1986 2.54 years +0.7%
1987 2.55 years +0.3%
1988 2.52 years -1.1%
1989 2.48 years -1.7%
1990 2.44 years -1.7%
1991 2.43 years -0.4%
1992 2.38 years -1.8%
1993 2.37 years -0.6%
1994 2.35 years -0.9%
1995 2.31 years -1.5%
1996 2.29 years -1.1%
1997 2.28 years -0.3%
1998 2.29 years +0.5%
1999 2.29 years -0.2%
2000 2.31 years +0.9%
2001 2.35 years +1.9%
2002 2.35 years -0.2%
2003 2.82 years +20.1%
2004 2.85 years +0.9%
2005 2.85 years -0.0%
2006 2.77 years -2.7%
2007 2.73 years -1.5%
2008 2.73 years +0.2%
2009 2.81 years +3.0%
2010 2.82 years +0.3%
2011 2.78 years -1.3%
2012 2.85 years +2.3%
2013 2.47 years -13.2%
2014 2.45 years -0.7%
2015 2.38 years -3.0%
2016 2.3 years -3.2%
2017 2.32 years +0.8%
2018 2.24 years -3.7%
2019 2.19 years -2.0%
2020 2.15 years -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 2.38 years 2.31 years 2.42 years 10
1980s 2.47 years 2.33 years 2.55 years 10
1990s 2.34 years 2.28 years 2.44 years 10
2000s 2.66 years 2.31 years 2.85 years 10
2010s 2.48 years 2.19 years 2.85 years 10
2020s 2.15 years 2.15 years 2.15 years 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 2.15 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 2.85 years in 2004.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 2.15 years in 2020.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 221st out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,674 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release