School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 1.91 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.91 years, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 1.93 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.3774 years, in 1971.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3797 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.3774 years | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.3978 years | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4292 years | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 0.4567 years | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 0.4965 years | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 0.5436 years | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5897 years | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6158 years | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.6221 years | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.6498 years | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 0.6879 years | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7212 years | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 0.7352 years | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.757 years | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7566 years | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7825 years | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7868 years | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7747 years | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.755 years | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.752 years | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7371 years | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.7769 years | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8255 years | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8648 years | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 0.9114 years | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 0.977 years | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 1.01 years | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 1.03 years | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.09 years | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 1.08 years | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 1.1 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1.11 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.1 years | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.17 years | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1.22 years | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 1.25 years | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.33 years | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 1.38 years | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 1.43 years | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1.52 years | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 1.54 years | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.66 years | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 1.75 years | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.86 years | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 1.91 years | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.91 years | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.93 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.89 years | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 1.91 years | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4908 years | 0.3774 years | 0.6221 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7407 years | 0.6498 years | 0.7868 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8972 years | 0.7371 years | 1.09 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.21 years | 1.08 years | 1.43 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.79 years | 1.52 years | 1.93 years | 10 |
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More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Population ages 0-14 31.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 68.09 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 91.90 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.113 units per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 1.91 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3774 years in 1971.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.