School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 1.89 years in 2024. β Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in MDG: Developing Regions, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in MDG: Developing Regions is 1.89 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 1.89 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5001 years, in 1981.
MDG: Developing Regions ranks 107th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5247 years | 0.5055 years | 0.5657 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5248 years | 0.5001 years | 0.542 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5934 years | 0.5444 years | 0.6507 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8532 years | 0.6614 years | 1.06 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.42 years | 1.12 years | 1.62 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8 years | 1.67 years | 1.89 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developing Regions
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 365.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 368.76 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in MDG: Developing Regions?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in MDG: Developing Regions was 1.89 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 1.89 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5001 years in 1981.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 107th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions 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