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
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2020
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.14 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 907,217 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 792,452 (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 197,633 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.1% (2020)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
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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February 2026 Data Release