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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
208
Highest
17.17 years
Monaco
Lowest
0.9798 years
Somalia
Median
11.71 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,518

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 17.17 years in Monaco; the lowest is 0.9798 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.71 years, and the mean is 11.28 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 88.9%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 36.7%).

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) (life): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 17.17 years 2024 down 4.2% rising
2 Vanuatu 17.09 years 2023 up 48.2% rising
3 Sierra Leone 16.16 years 2023 up 64.4% volatile
4 Sweden 15.22 years 2024 up 0.4% rising
5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.15 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
6 Belgium 15.07 years 2023 down 5.2% flat
7 Ireland 14.7 years 2022 up 4.6% rising
8 Finland 14.69 years 2024 down 0.9% rising
9 Australia 14.43 years 2024 down 6.5% falling
10 Denmark 14.3 years 2024 down 5.2% rising
11 Netherlands 14.25 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
12 Iceland 14.11 years 2023 down 9.1% rising
13 New Zealand 13.97 years 2024 down 2.0% flat
14 United Kingdom 13.96 years 2023 down 6.9% rising
15 Uruguay 13.93 years 2023 up 7.7% rising
16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.87 years 2024 up 2.8% rising
17 Cook Islands 13.79 years 2024 up 13.6% rising
18 Norway 13.78 years 2024 up 1.2% flat
19 Portugal 13.78 years 2023 up 2.2% flat
20 Slovenia 13.69 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
21 Bhutan 13.57 years 2024 up 4.1% volatile
22 Argentina 13.55 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
23 Luxembourg 13.55 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
24 Tonga 13.42 years 2024 down 6.1% rising
25 Turkey 13.39 years 2023 up 5.5% rising
26 Fiji 13.39 years 2024 up 11.0% rising
27 Spain 13.32 years 2024 down 0.7% flat
28 Gambia 13.27 years 2021 up 84.7% volatile
29 Antigua and Barbuda 13.15 years 2023 down 6.5% rising
30 Italy 13.13 years 2023 up 0.6% flat
31 Aruba 13.1 years 2024 down 8.7% rising
32 Niue 13.07 years 2024 down 5.7% rising
33 Turks and Caicos Islands 13.06 years 2024 up 44.8% flat
34 Tunisia 13.05 years 2016 up 3.3% rising
35 Switzerland 13.05 years 2024 down 0.3% rising
36 Tuvalu 13.04 years 2024 up 5.1% rising
37 Malta 13.02 years 2023 up 0.4% flat
38 Algeria 13 years 2024 up 0.5% rising
39 Albania 12.97 years 2024 up 7.0% rising
40 Montserrat 12.96 years 2023 up 0.0% rising
41 Saudi Arabia 12.94 years 2024 up 5.1% rising
42 Montenegro 12.94 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
43 Samoa 12.89 years 2016 up 6.2% rising
44 Namibia 12.88 years 2024 up 3.6% rising
45 Mauritius 12.86 years 2024 up 1.3% rising
46 Germany 12.85 years 2024 down 1.1% flat
47 Czechia 12.84 years 2023 down 3.2% flat
48 Grenada 12.81 years 2024 down 0.8% flat
49 Poland 12.81 years 2024 up 4.3% rising
50 Mexico 12.8 years 2024 up 1.6% rising
51 Croatia 12.75 years 2023 up 3.8% rising
52 Cyprus 12.73 years 2024 up 7.7% rising
53 Liechtenstein 12.65 years 2021 up 2.1% flat
54 Eswatini 12.65 years 2016 up 24.0% rising
55 Libya 12.6 years 2006 — rising
56 Slovakia 12.59 years 2024 up 2.9% flat
57 Hong Kong 12.57 years 2024 up 0.6% rising
58 Hungary 12.51 years 2024 up 0.8% flat
59 Cape Verde 12.51 years 2022 up 1.9% rising
60 Nepal 12.5 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
61 France 12.5 years 2024 up 1.1% flat
62 Brazil 12.5 years 2024 down 1.2% flat
63 Estonia 12.49 years 2024 up 2.7% flat
64 Morocco 12.44 years 2024 up 21.7% rising
65 Costa Rica 12.43 years 2024 up 4.5% rising
66 Brunei 12.38 years 2023 down 9.9% rising
67 South Africa 12.36 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
68 Greece 12.34 years 2023 up 1.5% flat
69 Rwanda 12.34 years 2024 up 12.4% rising
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.33 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
71 United Arab Emirates 12.32 years 2024 up 30.7% rising
72 Lithuania 12.31 years 2024 down 0.9% flat
73 Martinique 12.29 years 1996 down 1.5% falling
74 Kiribati 12.27 years 2024 — rising
75 Kuwait 12.24 years 2015 down 8.8% rising
76 Peru 12.24 years 2024 up 11.0% rising
77 Moldova 12.19 years 2024 up 5.4% rising
78 Sao Tome and Principe 12.19 years 2017 up 22.4% rising
79 Japan 12.16 years 2023 up 0.5% flat
80 Palau 12.12 years 2024 down 8.4% flat
81 Venezuela 12.08 years 2024 up 12.2% rising
82 Chile 12.07 years 2024 up 0.9% rising
83 Latvia 12.04 years 2024 down 3.3% flat
84 North Macedonia 12.04 years 2023 up 4.9% rising
85 Andorra 12.02 years 2024 up 13.1% rising
86 East Timor 12.02 years 2020 down 1.3% rising
87 Austria 11.95 years 2024 up 1.0% flat
88 Canada 11.88 years 2023 down 5.5% flat
89 Georgia 11.85 years 2024 down 5.6% rising
90 China 11.83 years 2012 up 23.3% rising
91 Anguilla 11.82 years 2022 down 6.3% falling
92 Sri Lanka 11.82 years 2023 down 6.7% rising
93 South Korea 11.81 years 2024 down 0.2% flat
94 Israel 11.8 years 2024 down 1.1% flat
95 Qatar 11.79 years 2024 up 1.8% rising
96 Trinidad and Tobago 11.78 years 2024 — rising
97 Marshall Islands 11.78 years 2024 down 0.6% rising
98 Gibraltar 11.76 years 2024 down 3.6% rising
99 Mongolia 11.76 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
100 Bahrain 11.73 years 2024 down 7.1% rising
101 Micronesia (country) 11.73 years 2005 — falling
102 New Caledonia 11.73 years 1991 up 8.0% rising
103 Suriname 11.72 years 2022 down 2.0% rising
104 United States 11.72 years 2022 up 0.1% flat
105 Indonesia 11.7 years 2025 up 0.3% rising
106 Thailand 11.68 years 2025 down 10.7% rising
107 Nauru 11.64 years 2025 up 1.6% rising
108 Dominica 11.63 years 2023 down 5.5% flat
109 Ecuador 11.62 years 2023 down 7.4% rising
110 Uzbekistan 11.53 years 2025 up 2.8% rising
111 Zambia 11.51 years 2024 — rising
112 Jordan 11.49 years 2024 up 0.7% rising
113 French Polynesia 11.49 years 1993 — flat
114 Maldives 11.46 years 2023 up 6.6% flat
115 Vietnam 11.43 years 2022 up 3.7% rising
116 Cote d'Ivoire 11.41 years 2024 up 59.8% rising
117 Saint Lucia 11.39 years 2024 up 0.4% rising
118 Cuba 11.37 years 2024 down 3.6% rising
119 Turkmenistan 11.37 years 2024 up 5.7% rising
120 Colombia 11.34 years 2022 down 5.2% flat
121 Bulgaria 11.3 years 2024 down 4.9% flat
122 Iran 11.27 years 2023 down 0.8% rising
123 India 11.27 years 2025 up 1.1% rising
124 Armenia 11.24 years 2024 up 5.6% rising
125 Bermuda 11.2 years 2023 down 11.2% flat
126 Oman 11.16 years 2024 down 14.6% volatile
127 Bolivia 11.06 years 2024 down 1.8% rising
128 Belize 11.04 years 2024 down 4.7% rising
129 Togo 11.01 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
130 Palestine 11 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
131 Kazakhstan 10.99 years 2025 up 4.4% rising
132 Macao 10.98 years 2024 down 7.4% flat
133 Botswana 10.93 years 2021 down 6.7% rising
134 Myanmar 10.9 years 2018 up 26.1% rising
135 Cayman Islands 10.86 years 2024 down 3.5% flat
136 Serbia 10.86 years 2024 down 7.7% flat
137 Dominican Republic 10.85 years 2024 down 3.4% flat
138 Egypt 10.84 years 2024 up 11.3% rising
139 Romania 10.76 years 2023 down 7.1% flat
140 Philippines 10.72 years 2024 up 10.5% rising
141 Lesotho 10.72 years 2017 down 0.8% rising
142 Kenya 10.7 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
143 Ghana 10.68 years 2024 up 9.5% rising
144 Seychelles 10.67 years 2024 down 20.6% rising
145 Azerbaijan 10.65 years 2024 down 4.7% flat
146 Malawi 10.63 years 2023 down 2.2% rising
147 Bangladesh 10.61 years 2024 up 10.1% rising
148 Belarus 10.55 years 2024 down 5.2% flat
149 Paraguay 10.47 years 2024 down 13.0% rising
150 Kyrgyzstan 10.46 years 2025 up 3.7% flat
151 Gabon 10.45 years 2019 — rising
152 Guyana 10.43 years 2024 down 9.8% rising
153 Panama 10.42 years 2017 down 3.0% rising
154 Solomon Islands 10.39 years 2012 up 45.3% rising
155 Puerto Rico 10.34 years 2024 down 9.9% flat
156 Malaysia 10.3 years 2024 down 8.4% rising
157 Russia 10.26 years 2023 down 2.6% rising
158 Papua New Guinea 10.25 years 2023 up 28.6% rising
159 Bahamas 10.2 years 2024 down 9.2% falling
160 Cambodia 10.18 years 2024 up 13.2% rising
161 Barbados 10.17 years 2024 down 9.4% falling
162 Singapore 10.12 years 2023 down 2.0% rising
163 Iraq 10.08 years 2023 up 22.7% rising
164 Nicaragua 10.06 years 2023 down 7.0% rising
165 Zimbabwe 10.04 years 2013 up 2.2% rising
166 Jamaica 10 years 2024 up 0.3% falling
167 Congo 9.98 years 2012 up 25.1% rising
168 Uganda 9.94 years 2007 up 22.3% volatile
169 Comoros 9.8 years 2022 down 11.7% rising
170 Ukraine 9.76 years 2024 down 8.4% falling
171 British Virgin Islands 9.73 years 2024 down 16.4% falling
172 Madagascar 9.72 years 2021 up 5.4% rising
173 Cameroon 9.6 years 2023 down 3.4% rising
174 Mozambique 9.58 years 2017 up 17.6% rising
175 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.56 years 2021 up 32.1% rising
176 El Salvador 9.53 years 2024 down 11.1% rising
177 San Marino 9.44 years 2024 down 2.0% rising
178 Senegal 9.29 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
179 Tajikistan 9.14 years 2013 up 9.5% rising
180 Guatemala 8.96 years 2024 down 3.5% rising
181 Benin 8.96 years 2022 up 0.2% volatile
182 Lebanon 8.95 years 2024 up 7.2% rising
183 Tanzania 8.76 years 2021 down 0.9% rising
184 Afghanistan 8.58 years 2023 up 11.4% volatile
185 Angola 8.41 years 2023 up 10.2% rising
186 Mauritania 8.31 years 2020 up 12.6% rising
187 Burundi 8.21 years 2025 down 22.0% volatile
188 Nigeria 8.17 years 2023 down 1.8% rising
189 Laos 8.14 years 2025 down 16.7% rising
190 Honduras 7.8 years 2024 down 9.1% rising
191 Syria 7.52 years 2024 up 14.2% rising
192 Ethiopia 7.45 years 2015 up 39.9% volatile
193 Pakistan 7.43 years 2024 up 41.4% rising
194 Guinea 7.42 years 2014 up 43.8% volatile
195 Liberia 7.3 years 2020 down 17.9% volatile
196 Burkina Faso 7.19 years 2024 up 1.0% volatile
197 Tokelau 7.05 years 2025 down 23.1% falling
198 Eritrea 7.02 years 2022 up 0.8% rising
199 Yemen 6.57 years 2016 up 15.7% rising
200 Sudan 6.56 years 2019 up 15.7% rising
201 Chad 6.36 years 2024 up 3.7% rising
202 Mali 6.34 years 2023 down 1.4% volatile
203 Central African Republic 5.88 years 2016 up 27.0% rising
204 Djibouti 5.74 years 2023 — rising
205 Niger 5.13 years 2024 up 0.5% volatile
206 Guinea-Bissau 4.49 years 2000 up 88.9% rising
207 Equatorial Guinea 4.48 years 2005 down 36.7% rising
208 Somalia 0.9798 years 2023 — rising

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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, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 15,518 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release