School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 1.35 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.35 years
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
138th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.35 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.4053 years
in 1976
Years of data
49
1976–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) is 1.35 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 1.35 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4053 years, in 1976.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 138th 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 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.4053 years | — |
| 1977 | 0.4091 years | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.4145 years | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.4232 years | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.4236 years | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4268 years | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.4303 years | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.4338 years | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.44 years | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4374 years | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4326 years | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.4307 years | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.4319 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4305 years | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.4257 years | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.4223 years | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.421 years | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.428 years | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.4331 years | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.4398 years | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4507 years | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.4599 years | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4676 years | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.478 years | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4834 years | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4991 years | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5194 years | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5323 years | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.551 years | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5615 years | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5908 years | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6455 years | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 0.704 years | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.7438 years | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8066 years | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9271 years | +14.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9731 years | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9765 years | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.03 years | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 1.08 years | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 1.08 years | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.09 years | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.11 years | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.15 years | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1.18 years | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 1.24 years | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1.28 years | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 1.34 years | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 1.35 years | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.413 years | 0.4053 years | 0.4232 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.4318 years | 0.4236 years | 0.44 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4426 years | 0.421 years | 0.478 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5831 years | 0.4834 years | 0.7438 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 years | 0.8066 years | 1.15 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.28 years | 1.18 years | 1.35 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 38.39 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 1.35 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.35 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4053 years in 1976.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 138th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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