School life expectancy, primary, female in Arab World
Arab World: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.44 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Arab World, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in Arab World is 5.44 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Arab World peaked at 5.44 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.1 years, in 1970.
Arab World ranks 35th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.4 years | 3.1 years | 3.8 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.13 years | 3.9 years | 4.33 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.36 years | 4.19 years | 4.61 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.97 years | 4.67 years | 5.24 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.37 years | 5.25 years | 5.44 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
More reference data data for Arab World
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.83 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 5.03 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.6 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 4.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.75 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 90.3% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.6009 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity i 1.1 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 870,261 number (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9935 GPIA (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Arab World?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Arab World was 5.44 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 5.44 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1 years in 1970.
- How does Arab World rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Arab World ranks 35th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, 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 level 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.