School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 12.12 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) recorded 12.12 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 12.14 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.58 years, in 1999.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 27th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.58 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.64 years | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 7.72 years | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 7.84 years | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 7.89 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 7.94 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 7.99 years | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 8.06 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 8.13 years | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 8.16 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 8.25 years | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 8.32 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 8.35 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 11.8 years | +41.4% |
| 2013 | 12.14 years | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 12.11 years | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 12.06 years | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 12.08 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 12.07 years | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 12.1 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 12.1 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 12.04 years | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 12.06 years | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 12.05 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 12.11 years | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 12.12 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.58 years | 7.58 years | 7.58 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.96 years | 7.64 years | 8.25 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.31 years | 8.32 years | 12.14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.08 years | 12.04 years | 12.12 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.52 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 30.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.10 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 12.12 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.14 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.58 years in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 27th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 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