School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)
ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 9.54 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300), 1999β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) stood at 9.54 years.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) peaked at 9.74 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.63 years, in 1999.
ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) ranks 14th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.63 years | 7.63 years | 7.63 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.85 years | 7.67 years | 8.04 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.3 years | 8.06 years | 9.74 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5 years | 9.45 years | 9.54 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)
- 11 Ireland 11.07 years compare
- 12 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.04 years compare
- 13 Tonga 11 years compare
- 14 Suriname 10.89 years compare
- 15 Grenada 10.79 years compare
- 16 Fiji, Republic of 10.77 years compare
- 17 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 10.67 years compare
More education data for ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.91 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 29.98 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) was 9.54 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.74 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.63 years in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) ranks 14th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 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