School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 17.09 years in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Vanuatu, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Vanuatu stood at 17.09 years. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.3% on the previous year and up 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Vanuatu peaked at 17.09 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.91 years, in 1991.
Vanuatu ranks 2nd of 203 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.43 years | 7.14 years | 7.66 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 7.92 years | 7.9 years | 7.95 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 7.7 years | 6.91 years | 8.49 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.63 years | 9.01 years | 10.38 years | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.18 years | 10.8 years | 11.53 years | 3 |
| 2020s | 13.63 years | 11.82 years | 17.09 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 1 Cook Islands 13.79 years compare
- 1 Monaco 17.17 years compare
- 2 Niue 13.07 years compare
- 3 Montserrat 12.96 years compare
- 3 Sierra Leone 16.16 years compare
- 4 Anguilla 11.82 years compare
- 4 Sweden 15.22 years compare
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.15 years compare
- 5 Tokelau 7.05 years compare
More education data for Vanuatu
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,892 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0058 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Vanuatu?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Vanuatu was 17.09 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 17.09 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.91 years in 1991.
- How does Vanuatu rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Vanuatu ranks 2nd out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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