School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) was 1.82 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) stood at 1.82 years. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 1.82 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6054 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 109th of 221 groups on this measure, 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: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6739 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.6663 years | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6585 years | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6541 years | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6477 years | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6431 years | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.642 years | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6349 years | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.6328 years | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6335 years | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.628 years | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6263 years | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.6371 years | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.6399 years | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6433 years | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.6472 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.652 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.651 years | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.6585 years | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.657 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6545 years | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6494 years | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.6379 years | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.6335 years | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.6289 years | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.6291 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6313 years | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.6247 years | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6169 years | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6054 years | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6191 years | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6365 years | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6428 years | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.6809 years | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7272 years | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 0.773 years | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8332 years | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8852 years | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9367 years | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9781 years | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 1.08 years | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 1.16 years | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 1.28 years | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 1.35 years | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.42 years | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 1.52 years | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 1.57 years | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1.61 years | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1.6 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.67 years | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 1.68 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.75 years | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 1.78 years | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.82 years | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 1.82 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6487 years | 0.6328 years | 0.6739 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.644 years | 0.6263 years | 0.6585 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6312 years | 0.6054 years | 0.6545 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7713 years | 0.6191 years | 0.9781 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.43 years | 1.08 years | 1.67 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.77 years | 1.68 years | 1.82 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 544,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 18.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 1.82 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6054 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 109th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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