UNESCO Institute for Statistics

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years)

Name: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/getting-started

Number of years a child of school-entrance age is expected to spend in education from primary to tertiary, under current enrolment patterns. A single summary of how much schooling a child can expect. UNESCO UIS national estimate, both sexes.

Trend

Latest values

Period	Area	Value	Unit
2013	Syria	8.30	years
2012	Syria	12.12	years
2011	Syria	11.80	years
2010	Syria	11.60	years
2009	Syria	11.38	years
2008	Syria	11.23	years
2007	Syria	11.16	years
2006	Syria	11.10	years
2005	Syria	10.90	years
2004	Syria	10.44	years
2003	Syria	10.07	years
2002	Syria	9.75	years
1995	Syria	9.58	years
1994	Syria	9.82	years
1993	Syria	10.00	years
1992	Syria	10.13	years
1991	Syria	10.30	years
1990	Syria	10.28	years
1989	Syria	10.44	years
1988	Syria	10.59	years
1987	Syria	10.63	years
1986	Syria	10.44	years
1985	Syria	10.21	years
1984	Syria	9.89	years
1983	Syria	9.65	years
1982	Syria	9.41	years
1981	Syria	9.40	years
1980	Syria	9.12	years
1979	Syria	9.13	years
1978	Syria	9.01	years
1977	Syria	8.92	years
1976	Syria	8.85	years
1975	Syria	8.70	years
1974	Syria	8.57	years
1973	Syria	8.34	years
1972	Syria	7.81	years
1971	Syria	7.58	years

About this data

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Dataset: UNESCO UIS Syria education indicators
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Dataset version: 20260721141533-2be8a06a6658
Last source check: 2026-07-21
Data quality: Source-published
Original download: Source API request; UNESCO Institute for Statistics national both-sexes estimate; reported or modelled values as published by UIS.
What this data is and is not: These are UNESCO UIS national series for Syria, both sexes, not governorate-level measurements. Some values are reported by national authorities and some are UIS estimates, and coverage varies sharply by year—out-of-school rates run to recent years while some spending and completion figures predate the war. Sanad keeps the national total for each year.; Official methodology documentation

Citation

How to cite this data

Syria Data Observatory, “School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years)”. Dataset: UNESCO UIS Syria education indicators. Original source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Version: 20260721141533-2be8a06a6658. Last source check: 2026-07-21. https://observatory.sanaddata.com/en/indicators/unesco-school-life-expectancy.

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