School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 11.98 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), 1999β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) recorded 11.98 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) peaked at 12.14 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 11.4 years, in 1999.
That places ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 41st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4 years | 11.4 years | 11.4 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.65 years | 11.4 years | 11.77 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.05 years | 11.84 years | 12.14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 years | 11.98 years | 12.03 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
More education data for ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 54.74 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 58.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 38.11 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 40.93 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 24.76 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 23.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) was 11.98 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.14 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.4 years in 1999.
- How does ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 41st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release