School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Iraq
Iraq: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.5993 years in 2005. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Iraq, 1971–2005
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0.5993 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2005. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Iraq peaked at 0.5993 years in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1156 years, in 1971.
Iraq ranks 135th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Iraq, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.1156 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.1159 years | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1183 years | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 0.1559 years | +31.8% |
| 1975 | 0.2133 years | +36.8% |
| 1976 | 0.2619 years | +22.8% |
| 1977 | 0.2744 years | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 0.2821 years | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.2739 years | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.2841 years | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2996 years | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 0.3048 years | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.3125 years | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 0.3104 years | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.3024 years | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4154 years | +37.3% |
| 1987 | 0.4246 years | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4438 years | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 0.4691 years | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4074 years | -13.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4214 years | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4471 years | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5934 years | +32.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5993 years | +1.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 0.5993 years is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.33 years, 26% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 0.5993 years is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2.27 years, 26% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +37.3% | 0.3024 years | 0.4154 years |
| 1975 | +36.8% | 0.1559 years | 0.2133 years |
| 2004 | +32.7% | 0.4471 years | 0.5934 years |
| 1974 | +31.8% | 0.1183 years | 0.1559 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2013 years | 0.1156 years | 0.2821 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.3567 years | 0.2841 years | 0.4691 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4074 years | 0.4074 years | 0.4074 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5153 years | 0.4214 years | 0.5993 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 132 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6826 years
- 133 Cameroon 0.6702 years compare
- 134 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6681 years compare
- 136 Uzbekistan 0.5675 years compare
- 137 Senegal 0.5631 years compare
- 138 Congo 0.5376 years compare
More education data for Iraq
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 148,363 (2007)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 818,729 (2007)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 55,944 (2007)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 52,985 (2007)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.04 million (2007)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.86 million (2007)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2004)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2007)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1713 units per person (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Iraq?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Iraq was 0.5993 years in 2005, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5993 years in 2005.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1156 years in 1971.
- How does Iraq rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Iraq ranks 135th out of 177 countries with data for 2005.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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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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.