School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 11.09 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Lower 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, male in Lower middle income stood at 11.09 years.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Lower middle income peaked at 11.18 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7.04 years, in 1971.
Lower middle income ranks 31st 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, male in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 7.06 years | — |
| 1971 | 7.04 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 7.15 years | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 7.32 years | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 7.36 years | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 7.44 years | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 7.46 years | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 7.63 years | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 7.67 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 7.8 years | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 7.98 years | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 8.14 years | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 8.33 years | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 8.55 years | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 8.7 years | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 8.64 years | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 8.6 years | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 8.53 years | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 8.54 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 8.6 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 8.62 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 8.69 years | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 8.77 years | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 8.88 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 8.92 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 8.87 years | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 8.89 years | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 8.92 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 8.87 years | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 8.89 years | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 9.09 years | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 9.1 years | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 9.23 years | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 9.4 years | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 9.63 years | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 9.82 years | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 9.93 years | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 10.08 years | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 10.2 years | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 10.17 years | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 10.44 years | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 10.72 years | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 10.91 years | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 10.87 years | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 10.97 years | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 11.06 years | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 11.18 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 11.14 years | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 11.08 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 11.09 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.4 years | 7.04 years | 7.8 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.46 years | 7.98 years | 8.7 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.83 years | 8.62 years | 8.92 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.66 years | 9.09 years | 10.2 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.95 years | 10.44 years | 11.18 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More gender data for Lower middle income
- Labor force, female 401.20 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1362 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 20.14 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 122.0% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 11.04 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 19.1% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 42.8% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 52.5% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Lower middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Lower middle income was 11.09 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 11.18 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.04 years in 1971.
- How does Lower middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Lower middle income ranks 31st out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower 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, 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.