School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Middle income
Middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 12.5 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Middle income, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Middle income is 12.5 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Middle income peaked at 12.5 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.99 years, in 1970.
That places Middle income 23rd out of 43 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, primary to tertiary, female in Middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.99 years | — |
| 1971 | 6.08 years | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 6.21 years | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 6.44 years | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 6.48 years | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 6.72 years | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 6.91 years | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 7.11 years | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 7.19 years | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 7.19 years | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 7.19 years | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 7.26 years | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 7.27 years | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 7.37 years | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 7.45 years | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 7.61 years | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 7.77 years | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 7.85 years | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 7.97 years | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 8.01 years | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 8.04 years | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 8.15 years | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 8.25 years | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 8.35 years | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 8.42 years | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 8.5 years | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 8.6 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 8.71 years | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 8.77 years | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 8.89 years | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 9.11 years | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 9.18 years | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 9.39 years | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 9.77 years | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 9.97 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 10.2 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 10.36 years | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 10.6 years | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 10.83 years | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 10.96 years | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 11.2 years | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 11.44 years | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 11.7 years | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 12.01 years | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 12.16 years | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 12.27 years | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 12.48 years | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 12.48 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12.37 years | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 12.5 years | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.63 years | 5.99 years | 7.19 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.58 years | 7.19 years | 8.01 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.47 years | 8.04 years | 8.89 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.04 years | 9.11 years | 10.96 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.06 years | 11.2 years | 12.5 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 20 Hong Kong, China 17.49 years compare
- 21 Macau, China 17.12 years compare
- 22 Costa Rica 17.06 years compare
- 23 Malta 17.05 years compare
- 24 Lithuania 17.03 years compare
- 25 Bahrain 17 years compare
- 26 Latvia 16.96 years compare
More gender data for Middle income
- Labor force, female 1.06 billion (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1753 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 16.27 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 118.1% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 12.34 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 19.3% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 29.4% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 40.0% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Middle income was 12.5 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 Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.99 years in 1970.
- How does Middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Middle income ranks 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.