School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 14.13 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Upper middle income, 1975–2019
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, male in Upper middle income is 14.13 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Upper middle income peaked at 14.13 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.5 years, in 1975.
That places Upper middle income 13th 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 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 9.5 years | — |
| 1976 | 9.66 years | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 9.93 years | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 10.06 years | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 9.98 years | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 9.87 years | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 9.92 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 9.84 years | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 9.82 years | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 9.93 years | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 10.21 years | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 10.41 years | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 10.5 years | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 10.67 years | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 10.58 years | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 10.52 years | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 10.5 years | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 10.49 years | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 10.47 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 10.37 years | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 10.47 years | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 10.57 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 10.64 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 10.74 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 10.93 years | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 11.22 years | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 11.3 years | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 11.55 years | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 11.67 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 11.81 years | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 11.92 years | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 12.04 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 12.29 years | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 12.47 years | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 12.65 years | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 12.85 years | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 12.99 years | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 13.11 years | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 13.4 years | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 13.5 years | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 13.66 years | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 13.73 years | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 13.84 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 13.99 years | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 14.13 years | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.83 years | 9.5 years | 10.06 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 10.18 years | 9.82 years | 10.67 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.57 years | 10.37 years | 10.93 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.89 years | 11.22 years | 12.65 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.52 years | 12.85 years | 14.13 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More gender data for Upper middle income
- Labor force, female 654.85 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2127 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.4977 % 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) 113.1% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 14.61 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 19.4% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 20.3% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 26.8% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Upper middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Upper middle income was 14.13 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 Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 14.13 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5 years in 1975.
- How does Upper middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Upper middle income ranks 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper 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.