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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
207
Highest
17.17 years
Monaco
Lowest
0.9798 years
Somalia
Median
11.7 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 207 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 11.7 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 82 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: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 17.17 years 2024 down 4.2% rising
1 Cook Islands 13.79 years 2024 up 13.6% rising
2 Vanuatu 17.09 years 2023 up 48.2% rising
2 Niue 13.07 years 2024 down 5.7% rising
3 Sierra Leone 16.16 years 2023 up 64.4% volatile
3 Montserrat 12.96 years 2023 up 0.0% rising
4 Sweden 15.22 years 2024 up 0.4% rising
5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.15 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
5 Tokelau 7.05 years 2025 down 23.1% falling
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 Norway 13.78 years 2024 up 1.2% flat
18 Portugal 13.78 years 2023 up 2.2% flat
19 Slovenia 13.69 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
20 Bhutan 13.57 years 2024 up 4.1% volatile
21 Argentina 13.55 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
22 Luxembourg 13.55 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
23 Tonga 13.42 years 2024 down 6.1% rising
24 Türkiye 13.39 years 2023 up 5.5% rising
25 Fiji 13.39 years 2024 up 11.0% rising
26 Spain 13.32 years 2024 down 0.7% flat
27 Gambia 13.27 years 2021 up 84.7% volatile
28 Antigua and Barbuda 13.15 years 2023 down 6.5% rising
29 Italy 13.13 years 2023 up 0.6% flat
30 Aruba 13.1 years 2024 down 8.7% rising
31 Turks and Caicos Islands 13.06 years 2024 up 44.8% flat
32 Tunisia 13.05 years 2016 up 3.3% rising
33 Switzerland 13.05 years 2024 down 0.3% rising
34 Tuvalu 13.04 years 2024 up 5.1% rising
35 Malta 13.02 years 2023 up 0.4% flat
36 Algeria 13 years 2024 up 0.5% rising
37 Albania 12.97 years 2024 up 7.0% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 12.94 years 2024 up 5.1% rising
39 Montenegro 12.94 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
40 Samoa 12.89 years 2016 up 6.2% rising
41 Namibia 12.88 years 2024 up 3.6% rising
42 Mauritius 12.86 years 2024 up 1.3% rising
43 Germany 12.85 years 2024 down 1.1% flat
44 Czechia 12.84 years 2023 down 3.2% flat
45 Grenada 12.81 years 2024 down 0.8% flat
46 Poland 12.81 years 2024 up 4.3% rising
47 Mexico 12.8 years 2024 up 1.6% rising
48 Croatia 12.75 years 2023 up 3.8% rising
49 Cyprus 12.73 years 2024 up 7.7% rising
50 Liechtenstein 12.65 years 2021 up 2.1% flat
51 Eswatini 12.65 years 2016 up 24.0% rising
52 Libya 12.6 years 2006 — rising
53 Slovak Republic 12.59 years 2024 up 2.9% flat
54 Hong Kong (China) 12.57 years 2024 up 0.6% rising
55 Hungary 12.51 years 2024 up 0.8% flat
56 Cabo Verde 12.51 years 2022 up 1.9% rising
57 Nepal 12.5 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
58 France 12.5 years 2024 up 1.1% flat
59 Brazil 12.5 years 2024 down 1.2% flat
60 Estonia 12.49 years 2024 up 2.7% flat
61 Morocco 12.44 years 2024 up 21.7% rising
62 Costa Rica 12.43 years 2024 up 4.5% rising
63 Brunei 12.38 years 2023 down 9.9% rising
64 South Africa 12.36 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
65 Greece 12.34 years 2023 up 1.5% flat
66 Rwanda 12.34 years 2024 up 12.4% rising
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.33 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 12.32 years 2024 up 30.7% rising
69 Lithuania 12.31 years 2024 down 0.9% flat
70 Martinique 12.29 years 1996 down 1.5% falling
71 Kiribati 12.27 years 2024 — rising
72 Kuwait 12.24 years 2015 down 8.8% rising
73 Peru 12.24 years 2024 up 11.0% rising
74 Moldova 12.19 years 2024 up 5.4% rising
75 Sao Tome and Principe 12.19 years 2017 up 22.4% rising
76 Japan 12.16 years 2023 up 0.5% flat
77 Palau 12.12 years 2024 down 8.4% flat
78 Venezuela 12.08 years 2024 up 12.2% rising
79 Chile 12.07 years 2024 up 0.9% rising
80 Latvia 12.04 years 2024 down 3.3% flat
81 North Macedonia 12.04 years 2023 up 4.9% rising
82 Andorra 12.02 years 2024 up 13.1% rising
83 Timor-Leste 12.02 years 2020 down 1.3% rising
84 Austria 11.95 years 2024 up 1.0% flat
85 Canada 11.88 years 2023 down 5.5% flat
86 Georgia 11.85 years 2024 down 5.6% rising
87 China (People’s Republic of) 11.83 years 2012 up 23.3% rising
88 Sri Lanka 11.82 years 2023 down 6.7% rising
89 Korea 11.81 years 2024 down 0.2% flat
90 Israel 11.8 years 2024 down 1.1% flat
91 Qatar 11.79 years 2024 up 1.8% rising
92 Trinidad and Tobago 11.78 years 2024 — rising
93 Marshall Islands 11.78 years 2024 down 0.6% rising
94 Gibraltar 11.76 years 2024 down 3.6% rising
95 Mongolia 11.76 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
96 Bahrain 11.73 years 2024 down 7.1% rising
97 Micronesia (country) 11.73 years 2005 — falling
98 New Caledonia 11.73 years 1991 up 8.0% rising
99 Suriname 11.72 years 2022 down 2.0% rising
100 United States 11.72 years 2022 up 0.1% flat
101 Indonesia 11.7 years 2025 up 0.3% rising
102 Thailand 11.68 years 2025 down 10.7% rising
103 Nauru 11.64 years 2025 up 1.6% rising
104 Dominica 11.63 years 2023 down 5.5% flat
105 Ecuador 11.62 years 2023 down 7.4% rising
106 Uzbekistan 11.53 years 2025 up 2.8% rising
107 Zambia 11.51 years 2024 — rising
108 Jordan 11.49 years 2024 up 0.7% rising
109 French Polynesia 11.49 years 1993 — flat
110 Maldives 11.46 years 2023 up 6.6% flat
111 Viet Nam 11.43 years 2022 up 3.7% rising
112 Côte d’Ivoire 11.41 years 2024 up 59.8% rising
113 Saint Lucia 11.39 years 2024 up 0.4% rising
114 Cuba 11.37 years 2024 down 3.6% rising
115 Turkmenistan 11.37 years 2024 up 5.7% rising
116 Colombia 11.34 years 2022 down 5.2% flat
117 Bulgaria 11.3 years 2024 down 4.9% flat
118 Iran 11.27 years 2023 down 0.8% rising
119 India 11.27 years 2025 up 1.1% rising
120 Armenia 11.24 years 2024 up 5.6% rising
121 Bermuda 11.2 years 2023 down 11.2% flat
122 Oman 11.16 years 2024 down 14.6% volatile
123 Bolivia 11.06 years 2024 down 1.8% rising
124 Belize 11.04 years 2024 down 4.7% rising
125 Togo 11.01 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
126 Palestine 11 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
127 Kazakhstan 10.99 years 2025 up 4.4% rising
128 Macau (China) 10.98 years 2024 down 7.4% flat
129 Botswana 10.93 years 2021 down 6.7% rising
130 Myanmar 10.9 years 2018 up 26.1% rising
131 Cayman Islands 10.86 years 2024 down 3.5% flat
132 Serbia 10.86 years 2024 down 7.7% flat
133 Dominican Republic 10.85 years 2024 down 3.4% flat
134 Egypt 10.84 years 2024 up 11.3% rising
135 Romania 10.76 years 2023 down 7.1% flat
136 Philippines 10.72 years 2024 up 10.5% rising
137 Lesotho 10.72 years 2017 down 0.8% rising
138 Kenya 10.7 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
139 Ghana 10.68 years 2024 up 9.5% rising
140 Seychelles 10.67 years 2024 down 20.6% rising
141 Azerbaijan 10.65 years 2024 down 4.7% flat
142 Malawi 10.63 years 2023 down 2.2% rising
143 Bangladesh 10.61 years 2024 up 10.1% rising
144 Belarus 10.55 years 2024 down 5.2% flat
145 Paraguay 10.47 years 2024 down 13.0% rising
146 Kyrgyzstan 10.46 years 2025 up 3.7% flat
147 Gabon 10.45 years 2019 — rising
148 Guyana 10.43 years 2024 down 9.8% rising
149 Panama 10.42 years 2017 down 3.0% rising
150 Solomon Islands 10.39 years 2012 up 45.3% rising
151 Puerto Rico 10.34 years 2024 down 9.9% flat
152 Malaysia 10.3 years 2024 down 8.4% rising
153 Russia 10.26 years 2023 down 2.6% rising
154 Papua New Guinea 10.25 years 2023 up 28.6% rising
155 Bahamas 10.2 years 2024 down 9.2% falling
156 Cambodia 10.18 years 2024 up 13.2% rising
157 Barbados 10.17 years 2024 down 9.4% falling
158 Singapore 10.12 years 2023 down 2.0% rising
159 Iraq 10.08 years 2023 up 22.7% rising
160 Nicaragua 10.06 years 2023 down 7.0% rising
161 Zimbabwe 10.04 years 2013 up 2.2% rising
162 Jamaica 10 years 2024 up 0.3% falling
163 Congo 9.98 years 2012 up 25.1% rising
164 Uganda 9.94 years 2007 up 22.3% volatile
165 Comoros 9.8 years 2022 down 11.7% rising
166 Ukraine 9.76 years 2024 down 8.4% falling
167 British Virgin Islands 9.73 years 2024 down 16.4% falling
168 Madagascar 9.72 years 2021 up 5.4% rising
169 Cameroon 9.6 years 2023 down 3.4% rising
170 Mozambique 9.58 years 2017 up 17.6% rising
171 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.56 years 2021 up 32.1% rising
172 El Salvador 9.53 years 2024 down 11.1% rising
173 San Marino 9.44 years 2024 down 2.0% rising
174 Senegal 9.29 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
175 Tajikistan 9.14 years 2013 up 9.5% rising
176 Guatemala 8.96 years 2024 down 3.5% rising
177 Benin 8.96 years 2022 up 0.2% volatile
178 Lebanon 8.95 years 2024 up 7.2% rising
179 Tanzania 8.76 years 2021 down 0.9% rising
180 Afghanistan 8.58 years 2023 up 11.4% volatile
181 Angola 8.41 years 2023 up 10.2% rising
182 Mauritania 8.31 years 2020 up 12.6% rising
183 Burundi 8.21 years 2025 down 22.0% volatile
184 Nigeria 8.17 years 2023 down 1.8% rising
185 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 8.14 years 2025 down 16.7% rising
186 Honduras 7.8 years 2024 down 9.1% rising
187 Syria 7.52 years 2024 up 14.2% rising
188 Ethiopia 7.45 years 2015 up 39.9% volatile
189 Pakistan 7.43 years 2024 up 41.4% rising
190 Guinea 7.42 years 2014 up 43.8% volatile
191 Liberia 7.3 years 2020 down 17.9% volatile
192 Burkina Faso 7.19 years 2024 up 1.0% volatile
193 Eritrea 7.02 years 2022 up 0.8% rising
194 Yemen 6.57 years 2016 up 15.7% rising
195 Sudan 6.56 years 2019 up 15.7% rising
196 Chad 6.36 years 2024 up 3.7% rising
197 Mali 6.34 years 2023 down 1.4% volatile
198 Central African Republic 5.88 years 2016 up 27.0% rising
199 Djibouti 5.74 years 2023 — rising
200 Niger 5.13 years 2024 up 0.5% volatile
201 Guinea-Bissau 4.49 years 2000 up 88.9% rising
202 Equatorial Guinea 4.48 years 2005 down 36.7% rising
203 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
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February 2026 Data Release