School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 9.54 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 9.54 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 9.74 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.63 years, in 1999.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 14th 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, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.63 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.67 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 7.7 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 7.78 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 7.8 years | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 7.83 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 7.84 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 7.88 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 7.95 years | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 7.98 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 8.04 years | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 8.07 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 8.06 years | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 9.48 years | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 9.74 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 9.67 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.63 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 9.63 years | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.57 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9.58 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 9.6 years | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 9.51 years | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 9.45 years | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 9.47 years | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 9.53 years | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 9.54 years | +0.1% |
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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 11 Antigua and Barbuda 11.12 years compare
- 12 Ireland 11.07 years compare
- 13 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.04 years compare
- 14 Tonga 11 years compare
- 15 Suriname 10.89 years compare
- 16 Montserrat 10.82 years compare
- 17 Grenada 10.79 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 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)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 31.38 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.74 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.63 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 14th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release