School life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 2.78 years in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
2.78 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
207th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.78 years
in 2022
All-time low
1.29 years
in 1970
Years of data
53
1970–2022
School life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Low Income (july 2025) recorded 2.78 years for school life expectancy, secondary, male in 2022. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 2.78 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.29 years, in 1970.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 207th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.29 years | — |
| 1971 | 1.31 years | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 1.31 years | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 1.36 years | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1.41 years | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 1.46 years | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 1.5 years | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 1.56 years | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 1.65 years | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 1.69 years | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1.72 years | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 1.77 years | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 1.74 years | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 1.76 years | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.74 years | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 1.71 years | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 1.68 years | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 1.65 years | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1.66 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1.63 years | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.6 years | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 1.61 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.58 years | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1.59 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1.64 years | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 1.62 years | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.62 years | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.64 years | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 1.67 years | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 1.7 years | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 1.72 years | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.79 years | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 1.84 years | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 1.97 years | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 2.07 years | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 2.13 years | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 2.24 years | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 2.29 years | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 2.4 years | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 2.47 years | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 2.53 years | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 2.6 years | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 2.61 years | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2.56 years | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 2.59 years | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2.57 years | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 2.61 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.64 years | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 2.67 years | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2.7 years | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 2.73 years | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 2.78 years | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 2.78 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.45 years | 1.29 years | 1.69 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.71 years | 1.63 years | 1.77 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.63 years | 1.58 years | 1.7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.09 years | 1.72 years | 2.47 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.61 years | 2.53 years | 2.7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 years | 2.73 years | 2.78 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- 204 Burkina Faso 1.98 years compare
- 205 Chad 1.95 years compare
- 206 Uganda 1.67 years compare
- 207 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.64 years compare
- 208 Burundi 1.56 years compare
- 209 Equatorial Guinea 1.43 years compare
- 210 Niger 1.42 years compare
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.25 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.02 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.71 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.76 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 2.78 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.78 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.29 years in 1970.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 207th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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