School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.4726 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Low income, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Low income recorded 0.4726 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Low income peaked at 0.4726 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1625 years, in 1971.
That places Low income 41st out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Low income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1656 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.1625 years | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1767 years | +8.8% |
| 1973 | 0.1947 years | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 0.2126 years | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2312 years | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2413 years | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 0.2442 years | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.2417 years | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2385 years | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2299 years | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2313 years | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2379 years | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2471 years | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 0.2551 years | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.2635 years | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2686 years | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.2667 years | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.2685 years | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.2659 years | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.2662 years | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2622 years | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.2526 years | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 0.243 years | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.228 years | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2163 years | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 0.2073 years | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.2043 years | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2114 years | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.2175 years | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.2313 years | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2426 years | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2524 years | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 0.261 years | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2775 years | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2983 years | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3225 years | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3389 years | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.365 years | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3939 years | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4207 years | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4279 years | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4439 years | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 0.4509 years | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4699 years | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4714 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4673 years | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4703 years | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4726 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2109 years | 0.1625 years | 0.2442 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2534 years | 0.2299 years | 0.2686 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2309 years | 0.2043 years | 0.2662 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2984 years | 0.2313 years | 0.3939 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.455 years | 0.4207 years | 0.4726 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.3481 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Low income?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Low income was 0.4726 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4726 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1625 years in 1971.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Low income ranks 41st out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.