School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Palestine

Palestine: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 8.78 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
8.78 years
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
124th
of 188 countries
All-time high
9.63 years
in 2017
All-time low
8.27 years
in 1995
Years of data
24
1995–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Palestine, 1995–2019

02468101995200720191995: 8.3 years1996: 8.4 years1997: 8.6 years1999: 8.9 years2000: 8.9 years2001: 9 years2002: 9.1 years2003: 9.1 years2004: 9.2 years2005: 9.2 years2006: 9.2 years2007: 9.1 years2008: 9.1 years2009: 9 years2010: 8.9 years2011: 9 years2012: 9.1 years2013: 9.1 years2014: 9.3 years2015: 9.4 years2016: 9.5 years2017: 9.6 years2018: 8.8 years2019: 8.8 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Palestine stood at 8.78 years.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Palestine peaked at 9.63 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 8.27 years, in 1995.

Palestine ranks 124th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Palestine, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years) in Palestine, 1995 to 2019.
Year years Change
1995 8.27 years
1996 8.44 years +2.1%
1997 8.63 years +2.3%
1999 8.85 years +2.6%
2000 8.95 years +1.0%
2001 9.03 years +0.9%
2002 9.06 years +0.3%
2003 9.11 years +0.6%
2004 9.2 years +1.0%
2005 9.2 years -0.0%
2006 9.2 years -0.0%
2007 9.15 years -0.6%
2008 9.06 years -0.9%
2009 9.03 years -0.4%
2010 8.94 years -0.9%
2011 8.96 years +0.2%
2012 9.06 years +1.1%
2013 9.13 years +0.8%
2014 9.26 years +1.5%
2015 9.39 years +1.4%
2016 9.49 years +1.1%
2017 9.63 years +1.5%
2018 8.81 years -8.5%
2019 8.78 years -0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8.55 years 8.27 years 8.85 years 4
2000s 9.1 years 8.95 years 9.2 years 10
2010s 9.15 years 8.78 years 9.63 years 10

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 121 Bahrain 8.83 years compare
  2. 122 Burundi 8.83 years compare
  3. 123 Paraguay 8.79 years compare
  4. 125 Slovakia 8.78 years compare
  5. 126 Tanzania 8.72 years compare
  6. 127 Montenegro 8.68 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Palestine?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Palestine was 8.78 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 9.63 years in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 8.27 years in 1995.
How does Palestine rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
Palestine ranks 124th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,584 data points, 1981–2020
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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.