School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 7.35 years in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Low income, 1997β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Low income is 7.35 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Low income peaked at 7.35 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4.2 years, in 1997.
That places Low income 42nd out of 44 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.34 years | 4.2 years | 4.47 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 5.81 years | 4.67 years | 6.89 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.24 years | 7 years | 7.35 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 39 Maldives 9.98 years compare
- 40 Sao Tome and Principe 9.98 years compare
- 41 Viet Nam 9.93 years compare
- 42 Saint Lucia 9.93 years compare
- 43 Germany 9.92 years compare
- 44 Peru 9.91 years compare
- 45 Philippines 9.89 years compare
More reference data data for Low income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 2,206 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 259.59 (2025)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 248.16 (2026)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.61 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 18.98 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.37 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.43 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.91 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 94.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Low income?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Low income was 7.35 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 7.35 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2 years in 1997.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- Low income ranks 42nd out of 44 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (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.