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School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
213
Highest
17.5 years
Vanuatu
Lowest
1.1 years
Somalia
Median
11.59 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
16,437

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 17.5 years in Vanuatu; the lowest is 1.1 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.59 years, and the mean is 11.3 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 71.8%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 38.8%).

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Vanuatu 17.5 years 2023 up 48.5% rising
2 Monaco 17.19 years 2024 down 3.9% rising
3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.76 years 2023 up 11.9% rising
4 Sierra Leone 15.59 years 2023 up 56.7% volatile
5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 15.35 years 1995 up 14.9% rising
6 Australia 14.61 years 2024 down 9.0% falling
7 Belgium 14.57 years 2023 down 5.4% flat
8 Sweden 14.51 years 2024 down 0.4% rising
9 Denmark 14.36 years 2024 down 4.2% rising
10 Ireland 14.35 years 2022 up 2.6% rising
11 Virgin Islands U.S. 14.34 years 1993 up 6.4% rising
12 Finland 14.22 years 2024 down 1.6% rising
13 Iceland 14.22 years 2023 down 7.5% rising
14 Netherlands 14.12 years 2023 down 0.3% flat
15 United Kingdom 13.91 years 2023 down 6.3% rising
16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.87 years 2024 up 3.5% rising
17 Norway 13.84 years 2024 up 0.7% flat
18 Portugal 13.74 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
19 New Zealand 13.72 years 2024 down 2.5% flat
20 Uruguay 13.65 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
21 Slovenia 13.62 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
22 TΓΌrkiye 13.56 years 2023 up 6.4% rising
23 Fiji 13.51 years 2024 up 12.1% rising
24 Luxembourg 13.45 years 2024 up 2.5% rising
25 Turks and Caicos Islands 13.43 years 2024 up 41.0% flat
26 Cook Islands 13.43 years 2024 up 11.2% rising
27 Antigua and Barbuda 13.37 years 2023 down 2.8% rising
28 Liechtenstein 13.32 years 2021 up 2.3% flat
29 Guadeloupe 13.3 years 1995 β€” rising
30 Argentina 13.27 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
31 Spain 13.21 years 2024 down 1.6% flat
32 Italy 13.18 years 2023 up 0.6% flat
33 Switzerland 13.13 years 2024 down 0.5% flat
34 Niue 13.12 years 2024 up 0.5% rising
35 Albania 13.1 years 2024 up 5.6% rising
36 Eswatini 13.07 years 2016 up 20.8% rising
37 Germany 13.05 years 2024 down 1.3% flat
38 Tonga 13.02 years 2024 down 5.3% rising
39 Malta 12.96 years 2023 up 1.4% flat
40 Algeria 12.92 years 2024 up 0.5% rising
41 Poland 12.88 years 2024 up 4.1% rising
42 Namibia 12.88 years 2024 up 3.3% rising
43 Grenada 12.86 years 2024 down 1.1% rising
44 Czechia 12.84 years 2023 down 3.0% flat
45 Montserrat 12.84 years 2023 down 0.7% rising
46 Bhutan 12.82 years 2024 up 4.2% rising
47 Aruba 12.81 years 2024 down 10.5% rising
48 Montenegro 12.81 years 2023 up 3.6% rising
49 Saudi Arabia 12.8 years 2024 up 7.6% rising
50 Hong Kong (China) 12.76 years 2024 up 0.9% rising
51 Tunisia 12.7 years 2016 up 2.3% rising
52 Samoa 12.69 years 2016 up 7.0% rising
53 Cyprus 12.69 years 2024 up 7.9% rising
54 Mauritius 12.66 years 2024 up 0.5% rising
55 Hungary 12.56 years 2024 up 1.2% flat
56 Slovak Republic 12.53 years 2024 up 2.9% flat
57 United Arab Emirates 12.51 years 2024 up 27.0% rising
58 Nepal 12.51 years 2024 up 6.1% rising
59 France 12.46 years 2024 up 1.0% flat
60 Croatia 12.46 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
61 Morocco 12.44 years 2024 up 17.1% rising
62 Brazil 12.43 years 2024 down 1.3% flat
63 Greece 12.42 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
64 Mexico 12.39 years 2024 down 0.6% rising
65 South Africa 12.38 years 2023 up 3.7% rising
66 Lithuania 12.38 years 2024 down 1.6% flat
67 Estonia 12.38 years 2024 up 1.7% flat
68 Gambia 12.35 years 2021 up 71.8% volatile
69 Rwanda 12.28 years 2024 up 10.6% rising
70 Libya 12.28 years 2006 β€” rising
71 Costa Rica 12.25 years 2024 up 3.7% rising
72 Chile 12.25 years 2024 up 1.8% rising
73 Brunei Darussalam 12.23 years 2023 down 8.7% rising
74 Republic of Moldova 12.22 years 2024 up 6.0% rising
75 Peru 12.18 years 2024 up 8.6% rising
76 French Guiana 12.18 years 1996 up 15.9% rising
77 Japan 12.16 years 2023 up 0.6% flat
78 Palau 12.14 years 2024 down 8.0% flat
79 Tuvalu 12.12 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
80 Cabo Verde 12.1 years 2022 up 2.4% rising
81 Dominica 12.1 years 2023 down 5.0% rising
82 Anguilla 12.1 years 2022 down 6.4% flat
83 Sao Tome and Principe 12.08 years 2017 up 22.4% rising
84 Kiribati 12.07 years 2024 β€” rising
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.07 years 2023 up 0.3% rising
86 Martinique 12.07 years 1996 down 0.5% rising
87 Georgia 12.05 years 2024 down 6.5% rising
88 Andorra 12.03 years 2024 up 13.5% rising
89 North Macedonia 12.02 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
90 Austria 12.02 years 2024 up 0.3% flat
91 Latvia 11.98 years 2024 down 4.3% flat
92 Indonesia 11.89 years 2025 up 1.0% rising
93 Canada 11.87 years 2023 down 5.4% flat
94 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11.85 years 2005 β€” falling
95 Korea 11.83 years 2024 down 0.2% flat
96 Timor-Leste 11.8 years 2020 down 4.0% rising
97 Israel 11.79 years 2024 down 0.9% flat
98 Kuwait 11.77 years 2015 down 9.8% rising
99 Viet Nam 11.75 years 2022 up 2.2% rising
100 Bahrain 11.74 years 2024 down 6.0% rising
101 China (People’s Republic of) 11.73 years 2012 up 21.4% rising
102 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.72 years 2024 up 10.6% rising
103 Uzbekistan 11.67 years 2025 up 3.6% rising
104 Trinidad and Tobago 11.65 years 2024 β€” rising
105 United States 11.65 years 2022 down 0.6% rising
106 Qatar 11.63 years 2024 up 1.2% rising
107 Sri Lanka 11.59 years 2023 down 7.1% rising
108 New Caledonia 11.56 years 1991 up 7.5% rising
109 Gibraltar 11.55 years 2024 down 5.8% rising
110 Thailand 11.54 years 2025 down 13.9% rising
111 Mongolia 11.52 years 2023 down 1.1% rising
112 Ecuador 11.47 years 2023 down 7.6% rising
113 Togo 11.42 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
114 Jordan 11.4 years 2024 up 1.8% rising
115 Marshall Islands 11.39 years 2024 down 2.1% rising
116 Bulgaria 11.38 years 2024 down 5.7% flat
117 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 11.37 years 2024 up 46.6% rising
118 Cuba 11.36 years 2024 down 5.1% rising
119 Turkmenistan 11.35 years 2024 up 6.2% rising
120 Armenia 11.34 years 2024 up 6.0% rising
121 Nauru 11.34 years 2025 down 2.6% rising
122 Colombia 11.3 years 2022 down 4.3% flat
123 Zambia 11.22 years 2024 β€” rising
124 Oman 11.21 years 2024 down 12.1% rising
125 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11.2 years 2023 down 1.7% rising
126 India 11.2 years 2025 up 2.8% rising
127 Saint Lucia 11.18 years 2024 down 1.1% rising
128 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.1 years 2024 down 2.3% rising
129 Kazakhstan 11.07 years 2025 up 5.9% rising
130 Serbia 11.06 years 2024 down 4.9% flat
131 French Polynesia 11.04 years 1993 β€” flat
132 Belize 11.01 years 2024 down 5.1% rising
133 Macau (China) 10.99 years 2024 down 6.7% falling
134 Egypt 10.9 years 2024 up 11.1% rising
135 Botswana 10.85 years 2021 down 6.8% rising
136 Cayman Islands 10.82 years 2024 down 3.7% flat
137 Maldives 10.8 years 2023 up 6.5% rising
138 Kenya 10.8 years 2023 up 3.8% rising
139 Philippines 10.79 years 2024 up 12.4% rising
140 Bermuda 10.78 years 2023 down 9.6% flat
141 Azerbaijan 10.77 years 2024 down 4.2% flat
142 Romania 10.77 years 2023 down 7.8% flat
143 Palestine, State of 10.74 years 2023 down 0.4% rising
144 Dominican Republic 10.7 years 2024 down 5.4% rising
145 Ghana 10.65 years 2024 up 6.6% rising
146 Myanmar 10.63 years 2018 up 26.5% rising
147 Solomon Islands 10.59 years 2012 up 39.1% rising
148 Papua New Guinea 10.58 years 2023 up 25.1% rising
149 Belarus 10.54 years 2024 down 5.9% rising
150 Seychelles 10.54 years 2024 down 21.9% rising
151 Malawi 10.52 years 2023 down 4.9% rising
152 Lesotho 10.44 years 2017 down 1.7% rising
153 Gabon 10.44 years 2019 β€” rising
154 Guyana 10.41 years 2024 down 9.3% rising
155 Iraq 10.41 years 2023 up 12.9% rising
156 Paraguay 10.39 years 2024 down 13.0% rising
157 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10.39 years 2023 up 21.8% rising
158 Panama 10.34 years 2017 down 3.2% rising
159 Kyrgyzstan 10.33 years 2025 up 2.4% flat
160 Russia 10.32 years 2023 down 2.2% rising
161 Afghanistan 10.32 years 2023 up 4.8% volatile
162 Zimbabwe 10.23 years 2013 up 1.6% rising
163 Malaysia 10.21 years 2024 down 5.6% rising
164 Puerto Rico 10.21 years 2024 down 11.0% flat
165 Bahamas 10.18 years 2024 down 8.4% falling
166 Uganda 10.18 years 2007 up 14.7% rising
167 Singapore 10.14 years 2023 down 1.9% rising
168 Nicaragua 10.13 years 2023 down 6.3% rising
169 Barbados 10.12 years 2024 down 9.7% falling
170 Cameroon 10.09 years 2023 down 6.2% rising
171 Cambodia 10.04 years 2024 up 12.1% rising
172 Mozambique 10.03 years 2017 up 12.2% rising
173 Congo 10.02 years 2012 up 17.3% flat
174 Jamaica 9.97 years 2024 up 0.6% falling
175 Comoros 9.89 years 2022 down 11.9% rising
176 Bangladesh 9.83 years 2024 up 4.3% rising
177 Tajikistan 9.76 years 2013 up 4.3% flat
178 British Virgin Islands 9.75 years 2024 down 17.2% falling
179 Ukraine 9.72 years 2024 down 9.0% flat
180 Madagascar 9.56 years 2021 up 2.9% rising
181 San Marino 9.5 years 2024 down 2.1% rising
182 Benin 9.47 years 2022 down 6.0% rising
183 El Salvador 9.34 years 2024 down 13.0% rising
184 Suriname 9.18 years 2023 down 19.1% rising
185 Guatemala 9.08 years 2024 down 5.0% rising
186 Guinea-Bissau 8.9 years 2006 up 56.3% rising
187 Lebanon 8.73 years 2024 up 5.8% flat
188 Angola 8.61 years 2023 down 12.2% rising
189 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.6 years 2021 down 4.4% rising
190 Guinea 8.45 years 2014 up 31.1% rising
191 Mauritania 8.35 years 2020 up 11.1% rising
192 Senegal 8.22 years 2023 down 4.1% rising
193 Nigeria 8.22 years 2023 down 4.0% rising
194 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.21 years 2025 down 18.8% rising
195 Burundi 7.93 years 2025 down 24.9% volatile
196 Ethiopia 7.74 years 2015 up 26.6% volatile
197 Eritrea 7.68 years 2022 down 2.2% rising
198 Pakistan 7.62 years 2024 up 29.9% rising
199 Honduras 7.53 years 2024 down 9.8% rising
200 Liberia 7.41 years 2020 down 22.9% rising
201 Syrian Arab Republic 7.33 years 2024 up 10.3% flat
202 Yemen 7.3 years 2016 up 0.9% rising
203 Chad 7.05 years 2024 down 5.9% rising
204 Tokelau 6.96 years 2025 down 26.4% falling
205 Burkina Faso 6.89 years 2024 down 6.4% volatile
206 Central African Republic 6.79 years 2016 up 20.3% rising
207 Haiti 6.66 years 1986 up 49.0% rising
208 Mali 6.66 years 2023 up 1.7% volatile
209 Sudan 6.62 years 2019 up 9.0% rising
210 Djibouti 6.11 years 2023 β€” rising
211 Niger 5.24 years 2024 down 7.9% volatile
212 Equatorial Guinea 4.7 years 2005 down 38.8% flat
213 Somalia 1.1 years 2023 β€” flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 16,437 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release