Suriname vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female

Suriname
10.89 years
in 2023
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
9.55 years
in 2024
Suriname rank
15th
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank
12th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female over time

  • Suriname
  • WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 10.89 years against 9.55 years in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), a difference of 1.34 years.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Suriname ahead.

Suriname ranks 15th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 12th of 200 countries.

Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Suriname WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
2000s 9.75 years 7.79 years 1.96 years Suriname
2010s 9.93 years 9.37 years 0.5567 years Suriname
2020s 9.56 years 9.53 years 0.0269 years Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, Suriname or WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
Suriname, at 10.89 years against 9.55 years in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between Suriname and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
1.34 years, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
21 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Suriname and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Suriname ranks 15th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 12th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release