School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 1.57 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Low & middle income, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Low & middle income is 1.57 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Low & middle income peaked at 1.57 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3384 years, in 1971.
Low & middle income ranks 24th of 43 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.
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3402 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.3384 years | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.3444 years | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.3557 years | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 0.3686 years | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 0.3835 years | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 0.3927 years | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3926 years | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.3963 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.4056 years | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.4116 years | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.4277 years | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 0.4307 years | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.4419 years | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.4546 years | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.4625 years | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.4763 years | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.4862 years | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.4757 years | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.4813 years | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4853 years | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.4859 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.4837 years | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.485 years | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.503 years | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 0.5214 years | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5534 years | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5793 years | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 0.6109 years | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 0.6464 years | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6867 years | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7358 years | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7864 years | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8448 years | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8888 years | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9211 years | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9597 years | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 1 years | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 1.05 years | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 1.09 years | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 1.15 years | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 1.23 years | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 1.28 years | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.31 years | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.42 years | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 1.48 years | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.51 years | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.52 years | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.54 years | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.57 years | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3718 years | 0.3384 years | 0.4056 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4548 years | 0.4116 years | 0.4862 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5354 years | 0.4837 years | 0.6464 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8954 years | 0.6867 years | 1.09 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4 years | 1.15 years | 1.57 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 27.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4422 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Low & middle income?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Low & middle income was 1.57 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.57 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3384 years in 1971.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Low & middle income ranks 24th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, male (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.