School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 1.66 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) is 1.66 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 1.66 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6286 years, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 120th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6806 years | 0.6286 years | 0.7469 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7657 years | 0.7456 years | 0.7777 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8251 years | 0.7056 years | 0.9846 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 years | 0.9828 years | 1.18 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 years | 1.14 years | 1.54 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.61 years | 1.59 years | 1.66 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 117 Namibia 1.46 years compare
- 118 British Virgin Islands 1.42 years compare
- 119 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.41 years compare
- 120 Cayman Islands 1.39 years compare
- 121 Guyana 1.32 years compare
- 122 Honduras 1.31 years compare
- 123 Jamaica 1.31 years compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 25.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 1.66 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6286 years in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release