School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 9.54 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
9.54 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
13th
of 221 groups
All-time high
9.75 years
in 2013
All-time low
7.62 years
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean stood at 9.54 years.
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 UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean peaked at 9.75 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.62 years, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 13th 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 UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.62 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.66 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 7.69 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 7.78 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 7.79 years | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 7.82 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 7.84 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 7.88 years | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 7.94 years | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 7.97 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 8.03 years | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 8.07 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 8.06 years | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 9.48 years | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 9.75 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 9.67 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.64 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 9.64 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.57 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9.58 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 9.6 years | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 9.52 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 | 7.62 years | 7.62 years | 7.62 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.84 years | 7.66 years | 8.03 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.31 years | 8.06 years | 9.75 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5 years | 9.45 years | 9.54 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
- 10 Eswatini 11.17 years compare
- 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
More education data for UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.84 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 736,275 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4491 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 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 UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 9.75 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.62 years in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ranks 13th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 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