School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 7.93 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income, 1993–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 7.93 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in 2019.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income peaked at 8.23 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6.58 years, in 1995.
Lower middle income ranks 34th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 6.59 years | — |
| 1994 | 6.64 years | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 6.58 years | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 6.68 years | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 6.68 years | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 6.63 years | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 6.64 years | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 6.76 years | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 6.78 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 6.9 years | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 7.16 years | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 7.33 years | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 7.49 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 7.56 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 7.66 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 7.68 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 7.67 years | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 7.8 years | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 7.88 years | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 7.98 years | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 8.06 years | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 8.05 years | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 8.05 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 8.23 years | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 8.21 years | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 7.92 years | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 7.93 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.64 years | 6.58 years | 6.68 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 7.3 years | 6.76 years | 7.68 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.01 years | 7.8 years | 8.23 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More reference data data for Lower middle income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 6,782 (2021)
- CPI Price, nominal 469.5 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 475.87 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 28.75 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 30.74 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 59.49 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.41 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.37 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.44 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 95.5% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income was 7.93 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.23 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.58 years in 1995.
- How does Lower middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- Lower middle income ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified levels of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.