School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in IDA total
IDA total: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 9.1 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in IDA total, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in IDA total stood at 9.1 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in IDA total peaked at 9.1 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.26 years, in 1970.
IDA total ranks 36th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in IDA total, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.26 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.27 years | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 3.42 years | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 3.54 years | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 3.64 years | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 3.74 years | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 3.84 years | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 3.99 years | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 4.19 years | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 4.4 years | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 4.59 years | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 4.8 years | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 4.98 years | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 5.02 years | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 5.06 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 5.07 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 5.04 years | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 5.04 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 5.11 years | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 5.1 years | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 5.06 years | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 5.22 years | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 5.28 years | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 5.35 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 5.42 years | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 5.5 years | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 5.53 years | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 5.72 years | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 5.87 years | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 6 years | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 6.21 years | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 6.37 years | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 6.59 years | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 6.85 years | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 7.06 years | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 7.34 years | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 7.56 years | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 7.7 years | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 7.89 years | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 8.09 years | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 8.3 years | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 8.49 years | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 8.67 years | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 8.82 years | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 8.81 years | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 8.87 years | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 8.9 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 8.92 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 9.03 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 9.1 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.73 years | 3.26 years | 4.4 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.98 years | 4.59 years | 5.11 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.49 years | 5.06 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.17 years | 6.21 years | 8.09 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.79 years | 8.3 years | 9.1 years | 10 |
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More gender data for IDA total
- Labor force, female 308.79 million (2025)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.3525 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.5731 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 0.7217 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 0.2779 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 120.1% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 9.91 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 19.0% (2025)
- Literacy rate, adult female 63.8% (2024)
- Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 87.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in IDA total?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in IDA total was 9.1 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.26 years in 1970.
- How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- IDA total ranks 36th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.