School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 11.46 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1992–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 11.46 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 11.46 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.42 years, in 1994.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 9.66 years | — |
| 1993 | 9.53 years | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 9.42 years | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 9.48 years | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 9.57 years | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 9.53 years | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 9.55 years | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 9.62 years | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 9.69 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 9.93 years | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 10.14 years | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 10.24 years | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 10.13 years | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 10.16 years | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 10.25 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 10.35 years | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 10.36 years | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 10.38 years | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 10.62 years | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 10.84 years | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 10.82 years | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 11.26 years | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 11.32 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 11.39 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 11.4 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 11.39 years | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 11.46 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 11.46 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.54 years | 9.42 years | 9.66 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 10.16 years | 9.69 years | 10.38 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2 years | 10.62 years | 11.46 years | 10 |
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More education data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1746 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0626 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 28.09 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 11.46 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.46 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.42 years in 1994.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 16th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.