School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 9.47 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) stood at 9.47 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 9.79 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.68 years, in 1999.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 17th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.68 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.72 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 7.74 years | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 7.82 years | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 7.82 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7.85 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 7.86 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 7.9 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 7.96 years | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 7.98 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 8.05 years | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 8.09 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 8.08 years | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 9.52 years | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 9.79 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 9.71 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.67 years | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 9.66 years | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 9.6 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9.6 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9.6 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9.52 years | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 9.43 years | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 9.42 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 9.47 years | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 9.47 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.68 years | 7.68 years | 7.68 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.87 years | 7.72 years | 8.05 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.33 years | 8.08 years | 9.79 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.46 years | 9.42 years | 9.52 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0342 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 9.47 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.79 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.68 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 17th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release