School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 9.7 years in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Low income, 1970–2016
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 Low income is 9.7 years, measured in 2016.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Low income peaked at 9.8 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5.36 years, in 1970.
That places Low income 38th out of 43 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Low income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.36 years | — |
| 1971 | 5.38 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 5.43 years | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 5.49 years | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 5.58 years | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 5.77 years | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 5.9 years | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 6.04 years | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 6.11 years | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 6.29 years | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 6.39 years | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 6.52 years | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 6.34 years | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 6.33 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 6.32 years | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 6.29 years | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 6.3 years | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 6.21 years | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 6.31 years | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 6.18 years | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 6 years | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 6.12 years | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 5.97 years | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 5.97 years | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 6.08 years | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 6.32 years | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 6.4 years | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 6.7 years | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 6.89 years | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 6.88 years | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 7.04 years | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 7.27 years | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 7.71 years | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 8 years | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 8.32 years | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 8.5 years | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 8.78 years | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 9 years | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 9.33 years | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 9.44 years | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 9.53 years | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 9.66 years | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 9.73 years | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 9.75 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 9.8 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 9.67 years | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 9.7 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.73 years | 5.36 years | 6.29 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.32 years | 6.18 years | 6.52 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.33 years | 5.97 years | 6.89 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.34 years | 7.04 years | 9.44 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.69 years | 9.53 years | 9.8 years | 7 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More gender data for Low income
- Labor force, female 114.97 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1498 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 3.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 7.53 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.6893 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.416 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 0.7987 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 0.2992 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 123.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Low income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Low income was 9.7 years in 2016, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.36 years in 1970.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Low income ranks 38th out of 43 groups with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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, 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.