School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 11.85 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Low & middle income, 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 Low & middle income stood at 11.85 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Low & middle income peaked at 11.85 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.8 years, in 1970.
Low & middle income ranks 29th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.8 years | — |
| 1971 | 5.87 years | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 6 years | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 6.21 years | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 6.26 years | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 6.49 years | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 6.66 years | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 6.86 years | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 6.94 years | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 6.94 years | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6.94 years | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7.01 years | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 7.02 years | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 7.11 years | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 7.18 years | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 7.31 years | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 7.46 years | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 7.53 years | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 7.64 years | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 7.67 years | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 7.68 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 7.79 years | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 7.87 years | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 7.96 years | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 8.03 years | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 8.12 years | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 8.2 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 8.3 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 8.35 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 8.45 years | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 8.65 years | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 8.73 years | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 8.94 years | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 9.29 years | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 9.49 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 9.72 years | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 9.89 years | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 10.12 years | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 10.37 years | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 10.5 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 10.72 years | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 10.94 years | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 11.18 years | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 11.44 years | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 11.58 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 11.67 years | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 11.84 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 11.84 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11.75 years | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 11.85 years | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.4 years | 5.8 years | 6.94 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.29 years | 6.94 years | 7.67 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.08 years | 7.68 years | 8.45 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.57 years | 8.65 years | 10.5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.48 years | 10.72 years | 11.85 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More gender data for Low & middle income
- Labor force, female 1.17 billion (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1724 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 14.63 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 118.8% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 11.94 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 19.7% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 30.6% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 41.0% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Low & middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Low & middle income was 11.85 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 11.85 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8 years in 1970.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Low & middle income ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.