School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.4548 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) recorded 0.4548 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 0.4548 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.139 years, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.139 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.1541 years | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 0.1722 years | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 0.1804 years | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 0.1821 years | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.2079 years | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 0.212 years | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.2004 years | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 0.2094 years | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 0.2068 years | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2123 years | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2253 years | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 0.2265 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2273 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.2326 years | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.244 years | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 0.2411 years | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2374 years | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.2399 years | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2351 years | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.2388 years | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.2248 years | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2156 years | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2107 years | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.1988 years | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1928 years | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1897 years | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.1887 years | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1947 years | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2025 years | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2129 years | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2232 years | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2326 years | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2404 years | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2568 years | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2749 years | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2957 years | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3101 years | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3319 years | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3605 years | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3857 years | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3935 years | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4109 years | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4168 years | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4411 years | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4433 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4382 years | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4419 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4454 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4491 years | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4548 years | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1864 years | 0.139 years | 0.212 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2322 years | 0.2123 years | 0.244 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2057 years | 0.1887 years | 0.2388 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2739 years | 0.2129 years | 0.3605 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4266 years | 0.3857 years | 0.4491 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4548 years | 0.4548 years | 0.4548 years | 1 |
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 62.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 11.44 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 0.4548 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4548 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.139 years in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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