School life expectancy, tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.8145 years in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.8145 years
Change on year
down 3.5%
Rank
158th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8443 years
in 2015
All-time low
0.1922 years
in 1971
Years of data
44
1971–2016

School life expectancy, tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1971–2016

0.20.40.60.81971199320161971: 0.192 years1972: 0.202 years1973: 0.2 years1974: 0.205 years1975: 0.213 years1976: 0.222 years1977: 0.231 years1978: 0.245 years1979: 0.253 years1980: 0.253 years1981: 0.271 years1982: 0.286 years1983: 0.282 years1984: 0.287 years1985: 0.294 years1986: 0.301 years1987: 0.3 years1988: 0.311 years1991: 0.322 years1992: 0.32 years1993: 0.324 years1994: 0.308 years1995: 0.302 years1996: 0.298 years1997: 0.294 years1998: 0.308 years1999: 0.327 years2000: 0.336 years2001: 0.365 years2002: 0.389 years2003: 0.381 years2004: 0.43 years2005: 0.489 years2006: 0.551 years2007: 0.56 years2008: 0.593 years2009: 0.62 years2010: 0.627 years2011: 0.611 years2012: 0.669 years2013: 0.726 years2014: 0.821 years2015: 0.844 years2016: 0.814 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 0.8145 years, measured in 2016.

The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 47.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.8443 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1922 years, in 1971.

That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 158th out of 221 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

School life expectancy, tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1971 to 2016.
Year years Change
1971 0.1922 years
1972 0.2023 years +5.3%
1973 0.1999 years -1.2%
1974 0.205 years +2.5%
1975 0.2131 years +4.0%
1976 0.222 years +4.2%
1977 0.2311 years +4.1%
1978 0.2453 years +6.2%
1979 0.2527 years +3.0%
1980 0.253 years +0.1%
1981 0.2709 years +7.1%
1982 0.2855 years +5.4%
1983 0.2819 years -1.3%
1984 0.2872 years +1.9%
1985 0.2942 years +2.4%
1986 0.3011 years +2.3%
1987 0.3002 years -0.3%
1988 0.311 years +3.6%
1991 0.3219 years +3.5%
1992 0.3198 years -0.7%
1993 0.3243 years +1.4%
1994 0.3079 years -5.1%
1995 0.3017 years -2.0%
1996 0.2981 years -1.2%
1997 0.2942 years -1.3%
1998 0.3076 years +4.6%
1999 0.3268 years +6.2%
2000 0.3362 years +2.9%
2001 0.3647 years +8.5%
2002 0.3888 years +6.6%
2003 0.3805 years -2.1%
2004 0.4298 years +13.0%
2005 0.4887 years +13.7%
2006 0.5509 years +12.7%
2007 0.5597 years +1.6%
2008 0.5925 years +5.9%
2009 0.6204 years +4.7%
2010 0.6268 years +1.0%
2011 0.6111 years -2.5%
2012 0.6695 years +9.5%
2013 0.7258 years +8.4%
2014 0.8215 years +13.2%
2015 0.8443 years +2.8%
2016 0.8145 years -3.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.2182 years 0.1922 years 0.2527 years 9
1980s 0.2872 years 0.253 years 0.311 years 9
1990s 0.3114 years 0.2942 years 0.3268 years 9
2000s 0.4712 years 0.3362 years 0.6204 years 10
2010s 0.7305 years 0.6111 years 0.8443 years 7

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

  1. 155 Pakistan 0.5506 years compare
  2. 156 Sint Maarten 0.5446 years compare
  3. 157 Togo 0.5393 years compare
  4. 158 Kenya 0.5143 years compare
  5. 159 Burkina Faso 0.484 years compare
  6. 160 Congo 0.4465 years compare
  7. 161 Anguilla 0.4447 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.8145 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.8443 years in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1922 years in 1971.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 158th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
412 places, 14,089 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release