School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 7.8 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Puerto Rico, 2009–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Puerto Rico is 7.8 years, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Puerto Rico peaked at 9.25 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.8 years, in 2024.
Puerto Rico ranks 167th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8.56 years | — |
| 2010 | 8.72 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 8.24 years | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 8.51 years | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 8.81 years | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 8.96 years | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 9.25 years | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 8.41 years | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 8.49 years | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 8.3 years | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 7.8 years | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.56 years | 8.56 years | 8.56 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 8.67 years | 8.24 years | 9.25 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 8.05 years | 7.8 years | 8.3 years | 2 |
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More education data for Puerto Rico
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 96,025 (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -4.28 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 63,124 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -5.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12,589 (2018)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 28.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 159,149 (2023)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,864 (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Puerto Rico?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Puerto Rico was 7.8 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 9.25 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8 years in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- Puerto Rico ranks 167th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release