School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Arab World
Arab World: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 11.9 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Arab World, 1970–2018
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, male in Arab World is 11.9 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Arab World peaked at 11.9 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7.28 years, in 1971.
Arab World ranks 29th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.95 years | 7.28 years | 8.74 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.31 years | 8.86 years | 9.69 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.65 years | 9.26 years | 10.06 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.6 years | 10.12 years | 11.01 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.56 years | 11.13 years | 11.9 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
- 26 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.07 years compare
- 27 Saudi Arabia 16.06 years compare
- 28 Costa Rica 16.05 years compare
- 29 Italy 15.89 years compare
- 30 Bahrain 15.85 years compare
- 31 Macau (China) 15.8 years compare
- 32 Czechia 15.78 years compare
More gender data for Arab World
- Labor force, female 27.41 million (2025)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.092 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.1271 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 0.1065 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 0.0887 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 211.1% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 11.48 years (2018)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 13.9% (2025)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 20.0% (2016)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 15.3% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Arab World?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Arab World was 11.9 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.28 years in 1971.
- How does Arab World rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Arab World ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World 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, male (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.