School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Finland
Finland: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 15.21 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Finland, 1972–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Finland stood at 15.21 years. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Finland peaked at 15.21 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 11.29 years, in 1972.
That places Finland 4th out of 193 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Finland, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 11.29 years | — |
| 1973 | 11.43 years | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 11.72 years | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 11.71 years | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 11.81 years | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 11.87 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 11.99 years | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 12.04 years | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 12.04 years | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12.24 years | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 12.41 years | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 12.82 years | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 12.96 years | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 12.98 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 13 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 13.05 years | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 13.11 years | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 13.34 years | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 13.33 years | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 13.81 years | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 13.48 years | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 13.58 years | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 13.46 years | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 13.62 years | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 13.54 years | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 13.41 years | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 13.62 years | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 13.95 years | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 14.16 years | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 14.2 years | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 14.26 years | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 12.67 years | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 12.71 years | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 12.67 years | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 12.65 years | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 12.6 years | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 12.55 years | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 12.56 years | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 12.58 years | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 12.6 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 14.77 years | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 14.83 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 14.97 years | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 15.05 years | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 15.12 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 15.21 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.69 years | 11.29 years | 11.99 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 12.66 years | 12.04 years | 13.11 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.52 years | 13.33 years | 13.81 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.24 years | 12.55 years | 14.26 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.19 years | 12.56 years | 15.21 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Finland?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Finland was 15.21 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 15.21 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.29 years in 1972.
- How does Finland rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Finland ranks 4th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.