School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes was 11.93 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
11.93 years
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
36th
of 221 groups
All-time high
12.05 years
in 2013
All-time low
7.67 years
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 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 secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) stood at 11.93 years.
That represents a change of down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 12.05 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.67 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 36th 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 secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.67 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.73 years | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 7.79 years | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 7.91 years | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 7.93 years | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 7.99 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 8.03 years | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 8.08 years | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 8.14 years | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 8.17 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 8.26 years | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 8.33 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 8.36 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 11.7 years | +40.0% |
| 2013 | 12.05 years | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 12.02 years | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 11.98 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 11.99 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 11.98 years | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 12 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 11.99 years | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 11.93 years | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 11.9 years | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 11.87 years | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 11.92 years | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 11.93 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.67 years | 7.67 years | 7.67 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 8 years | 7.73 years | 8.26 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.24 years | 8.33 years | 12.05 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.91 years | 11.87 years | 11.93 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 11.93 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.05 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.67 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 36th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release