School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 9.41 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) stood at 9.41 years.
The figure is 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 9.83 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.72 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 24th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.72 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.76 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 7.78 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7.85 years | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 7.84 years | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 7.87 years | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 7.89 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 7.92 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 7.97 years | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 7.99 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 8.06 years | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 8.1 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 8.1 years | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 9.56 years | +18.1% |
| 2013 | 9.83 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 9.75 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.7 years | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 9.69 years | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 9.62 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9.61 years | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 9.6 years | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 9.52 years | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 9.41 years | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 9.38 years | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 9.41 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 9.41 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.72 years | 7.72 years | 7.72 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.89 years | 7.76 years | 8.06 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.36 years | 8.1 years | 9.83 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.43 years | 9.38 years | 9.52 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 6.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 9.41 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.83 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.72 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 24th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release