School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 11.87 years in 2021. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), 1981–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) is 11.87 years, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) peaked at 11.94 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 8.87 years, in 1990.
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 46th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 8.92 years | — |
| 1982 | 8.97 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 8.94 years | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 8.96 years | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 9.04 years | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 8.99 years | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 8.97 years | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 8.98 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 8.97 years | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 8.87 years | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 8.94 years | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 9.14 years | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 9.1 years | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 9.21 years | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 9.23 years | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 9.28 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 9.4 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 9.53 years | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 9.72 years | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 10.06 years | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 10.07 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 10.24 years | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 10.33 years | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 10.33 years | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 10.49 years | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 10.77 years | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 10.81 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 10.92 years | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 11.07 years | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 11.12 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 11.3 years | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 11.53 years | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 11.82 years | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 11.94 years | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 11.9 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 11.8 years | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 11.73 years | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 11.91 years | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 11.87 years | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 11.82 years | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 11.87 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.97 years | 8.92 years | 9.04 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 9.24 years | 8.87 years | 9.72 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.51 years | 10.06 years | 11.07 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.69 years | 11.12 years | 11.94 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.84 years | 11.82 years | 11.87 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
More education data for ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 139,514 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 132,877 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 72,041 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 15,332 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 169,203 (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 169,721 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 83,038 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) was 11.87 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.94 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.87 years in 1990.
- How does ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 46th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 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.
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February 2026 Data Release