School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Argentina

Argentina: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 13.28 years in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
13.28 years
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
27th
of 193 countries
All-time high
13.33 years
in 2016
All-time low
9.83 years
in 1970
Years of data
40
1970–2017

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Argentina, 1970–2017

0510151970199320171970: 9.8 years1971: 9.9 years1972: 9.9 years1973: 10 years1974: 10.2 years1975: 10.2 years1976: 10.3 years1977: 10.4 years1978: 10.4 years1979: 10.4 years1980: 10.4 years1981: 10.5 years1982: 10.6 years1984: 10.8 years1985: 11.1 years1986: 11.1 years1987: 11.1 years1988: 11.3 years1996: 11.8 years1997: 11.4 years1998: 11.6 years1999: 12.7 years2000: 12.9 years2001: 13 years2002: 13 years2003: 12.8 years2004: 12.9 years2005: 12.8 years2006: 12.9 years2007: 13 years2008: 13.1 years2009: 13.2 years2010: 13.3 years2011: 13.3 years2012: 13.3 years2013: 13.3 years2014: 13.3 years2015: 13.3 years2016: 13.3 years2017: 13.3 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Argentina recorded 13.28 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2017.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Argentina peaked at 13.33 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.83 years, in 1970.

That places Argentina 27th out of 193 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years) in Argentina, 1970 to 2017.
Year years Change
1970 9.83 years
1971 9.87 years +0.4%
1972 9.87 years -0.1%
1973 9.96 years +1.0%
1974 10.15 years +1.9%
1975 10.23 years +0.8%
1976 10.27 years +0.3%
1977 10.36 years +0.9%
1978 10.39 years +0.3%
1979 10.36 years -0.3%
1980 10.44 years +0.7%
1981 10.55 years +1.0%
1982 10.58 years +0.3%
1984 10.77 years +1.9%
1985 11.09 years +2.9%
1986 11.07 years -0.2%
1987 11.08 years +0.1%
1988 11.35 years +2.5%
1996 11.78 years +3.8%
1997 11.39 years -3.3%
1998 11.64 years +2.2%
1999 12.68 years +8.9%
2000 12.92 years +1.9%
2001 13.04 years +0.9%
2002 13.02 years -0.1%
2003 12.84 years -1.4%
2004 12.92 years +0.6%
2005 12.79 years -1.0%
2006 12.87 years +0.7%
2007 12.96 years +0.7%
2008 13.09 years +1.0%
2009 13.23 years +1.1%
2010 13.27 years +0.3%
2011 13.33 years +0.4%
2012 13.32 years -0.1%
2013 13.26 years -0.5%
2014 13.28 years +0.2%
2015 13.32 years +0.2%
2016 13.33 years +0.1%
2017 13.28 years -0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 10.13 years 9.83 years 10.39 years 10
1980s 10.86 years 10.44 years 11.35 years 8
1990s 11.87 years 11.39 years 12.68 years 4
2000s 12.97 years 12.79 years 13.23 years 10
2010s 13.3 years 13.26 years 13.33 years 8

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 24 Suriname 13.34 years compare
  2. 25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.34 years compare
  3. 26 Czechia 13.29 years compare
  4. 28 Sri Lanka 13.24 years compare
  5. 29 Switzerland 13.23 years compare
  6. 30 Naoero 13.18 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Argentina?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Argentina was 13.28 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 13.33 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 9.83 years in 1970.
How does Argentina rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
Argentina ranks 27th out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Argentina 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.