School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years) in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years) was 9.42 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) stood at 9.42 years.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 9.84 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.69 years, in 1999.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 22nd 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.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years) in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.69 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.74 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 7.75 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7.83 years | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 7.82 years | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 7.85 years | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 7.87 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 7.9 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 7.95 years | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 7.97 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 8.04 years | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 8.08 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 8.08 years | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 9.57 years | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 9.84 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 9.76 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.71 years | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 9.7 years | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 9.63 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9.62 years | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 9.61 years | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 9.53 years | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 9.41 years | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 9.39 years | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 9.42 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 9.42 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.69 years | 7.69 years | 7.69 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.87 years | 7.74 years | 8.04 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.36 years | 8.08 years | 9.84 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.43 years | 9.39 years | 9.53 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 730,940 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 9.42 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.84 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.69 years in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 22nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release