School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in SDG: Australia and New Zealand
SDG: Australia and New Zealand: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 10.97 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
SDG: Australia and New Zealand recorded 10.97 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in SDG: Australia and New Zealand peaked at 11.61 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10.97 years, in 2023.
That places SDG: Australia and New Zealand 1st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in SDG: Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11.61 years | — |
| 2015 | 11.39 years | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 11.31 years | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 11.28 years | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 11.13 years | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 11.19 years | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 11.09 years | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 11.07 years | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 10.98 years | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 10.97 years | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 10.97 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.32 years | 11.13 years | 11.61 years | 6 |
| 2020s | 11.02 years | 10.97 years | 11.09 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Australia and New Zealand
- 1 Sierra Leone 13.45 years compare
- 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.8 years compare
- 3 Monaco 12.04 years compare
- 4 Bhutan 12 years compare
More education data for SDG: Australia and New Zealand
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.722 % change on previous year (2000)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 126,112 (2000)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0007 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363,629 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 335,435 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in SDG: Australia and New Zealand was 10.97 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 11.61 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.97 years in 2023.
- How does SDG: Australia and New Zealand rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand ranks 1st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in SDG: Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Australia and New Zealand 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release