School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) was 2.33 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in MDG: Caribbean, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in MDG: Caribbean stood at 2.33 years. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 2.33 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6261 years, in 1974.
MDG: Caribbean ranks 33rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.6277 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.6261 years | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6506 years | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 0.7038 years | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7362 years | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 0.7351 years | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7345 years | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7388 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.64 years | +122.0% |
| 2000 | 1.67 years | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 1.68 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.7 years | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.73 years | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 1.78 years | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1.82 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.87 years | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.89 years | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.92 years | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.92 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.07 years | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 2.17 years | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 2.13 years | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 2.16 years | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 2.17 years | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2.18 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2.16 years | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 2.2 years | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 2.22 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 2.3 years | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 2.27 years | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 2.07 years | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 2.22 years | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 2.32 years | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 2.33 years | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in MDG: Caribbean changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +122.0% | 0.7388 years | 1.64 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6877 years | 0.6261 years | 0.7362 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.7388 years | 0.7388 years | 0.7388 years | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.64 years | 1.64 years | 1.64 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.8 years | 1.67 years | 1.92 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.18 years | 2.07 years | 2.3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.24 years | 2.07 years | 2.33 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.15 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,098 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in MDG: Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in MDG: Caribbean was 2.33 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2.33 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6261 years in 1974.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 33rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release