School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) was 9.59 years in 2022. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), 1999–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2022, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) stood at 9.59 years. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) peaked at 9.59 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8 years, in 1999.
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 9th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8 years | — |
| 2000 | 8.25 years | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 8.38 years | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 8.47 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 8.5 years | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 8.5 years | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 8.59 years | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 8.7 years | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 8.71 years | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 8.84 years | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 8.88 years | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 8.87 years | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 8.96 years | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 9.17 years | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 9.49 years | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 9.51 years | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 9.43 years | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 9.36 years | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 9.31 years | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 9.53 years | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 9.5 years | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 9.47 years | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 9.54 years | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 9.59 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 8.58 years | 8.25 years | 8.88 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.31 years | 8.87 years | 9.53 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.53 years | 9.47 years | 9.59 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.67 years compare
- 7 Rwanda 11.22 years compare
- 8 Cook Islands 11.2 years compare
- 9 Australia 11.18 years compare
- 10 Eswatini 11.17 years compare
- 11 Antigua and Barbuda 11.12 years compare
- 12 Ireland 11.07 years compare
More education data for ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 272,391 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.6735 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 139,514 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1712 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15,332 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.7694 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 331,180 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 161,978 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 132,877 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) was 9.59 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.59 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 years in 1999.
- How does ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 9th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release