School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) was 1.27 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 1.27 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 1.27 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3653 years, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 143rd 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 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3653 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.3656 years | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.3667 years | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.3666 years | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.3765 years | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 0.374 years | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.3735 years | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.3864 years | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.3847 years | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.4068 years | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 0.4025 years | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4012 years | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.4213 years | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4351 years | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 0.4422 years | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.4415 years | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.4407 years | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4381 years | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.4179 years | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 0.4144 years | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.4176 years | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.4223 years | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.4134 years | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4128 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4025 years | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.3989 years | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.3915 years | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3894 years | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.3928 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.4007 years | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4294 years | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 0.481 years | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4973 years | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5116 years | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5205 years | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5416 years | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5907 years | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6071 years | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.642 years | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6828 years | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7166 years | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7523 years | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7602 years | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7732 years | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7796 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8217 years | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8635 years | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8611 years | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9435 years | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 1.04 years | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 1.04 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.09 years | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 1.16 years | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 1.23 years | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 1.27 years | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3766 years | 0.3653 years | 0.4068 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4255 years | 0.4012 years | 0.4422 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4042 years | 0.3894 years | 0.4223 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5504 years | 0.4294 years | 0.6828 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.831 years | 0.7166 years | 1.04 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 years | 1.04 years | 1.27 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.1447 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.06 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4483 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 1.27 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3653 years in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 143rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release