School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 9.12 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
9.12 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
160th
of 221 groups
All-time high
9.85 years
in 2015
All-time low
5.52 years
in 1971
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) recorded 9.12 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) peaked at 9.85 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5.52 years, in 1971.
That places ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 160th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.53 years | — |
| 1971 | 5.52 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 5.83 years | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 5.81 years | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 5.72 years | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 6.07 years | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 5.97 years | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 6.24 years | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 6.6 years | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 6.59 years | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 7.15 years | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 7.73 years | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 7.8 years | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 7.53 years | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 7.54 years | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 7.25 years | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 6.85 years | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 6.45 years | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 6.05 years | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 6.21 years | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 6.04 years | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 6.02 years | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 5.69 years | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 5.69 years | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 5.68 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 5.85 years | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 5.91 years | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 6.01 years | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 6.12 years | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 6.45 years | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 6.76 years | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 6.79 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 6.83 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 7.48 years | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 8.16 years | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 8.37 years | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 8.44 years | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 8.69 years | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 8.97 years | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 9.37 years | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 9.25 years | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 9.38 years | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 9.56 years | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 9.62 years | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 9.72 years | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 9.85 years | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 9.68 years | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 9.83 years | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 9.5 years | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 9.06 years | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 9.12 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.99 years | 5.52 years | 6.6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.06 years | 6.05 years | 7.8 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.95 years | 5.68 years | 6.45 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.99 years | 6.76 years | 9.37 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.54 years | 9.06 years | 9.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.12 years | 9.12 years | 9.12 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
More education data for ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 154,475 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 6.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 917,273 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 68,663 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 888,344 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 253,898 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 85,812 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.2099 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) was 9.12 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.85 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.52 years in 1971.
- How does ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 160th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release