School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 11.14 years in 2010. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in China (People’s Republic of), 1976–2010
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
China (People’s Republic of) recorded 11.14 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 11.14 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.44 years, in 1983.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 118th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.67 years | 7.45 years | 7.9 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 7.07 years | 6.44 years | 7.82 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.16 years | 7.81 years | 8.52 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 10.43 years | 9.19 years | 11.12 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 11.14 years | 11.14 years | 11.14 years | 1 |
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More education data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.74 million (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.64 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in China (People’s Republic of)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in China (People’s Republic of) was 11.14 years in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.14 years in 2010.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.44 years in 1983.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 118th out of 193 countries with data for 2010.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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
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.