School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 11.59 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Late-demographic dividend, 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Late-demographic dividend is 11.59 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 11.59 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7.94 years, in 1975.
That places Late-demographic dividend 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 7.94 years | — |
| 1976 | 8.26 years | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 8.53 years | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 8.64 years | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 8.46 years | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 8.3 years | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 8.21 years | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 8.03 years | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 8.02 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 8.12 years | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 8.38 years | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 8.66 years | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 8.83 years | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 9.03 years | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 8.95 years | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 8.95 years | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 8.98 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 9.05 years | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 9.04 years | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 9.05 years | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 9.16 years | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 9.3 years | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 9.38 years | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 9.49 years | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 9.67 years | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 10.01 years | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 9.99 years | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 10.11 years | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 10.17 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 10.32 years | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 10.53 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 10.6 years | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 10.77 years | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 10.98 years | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 11.09 years | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 11.14 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 11.21 years | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 11.22 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 11.38 years | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 11.21 years | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 11.18 years | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 11.22 years | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 11.3 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 11.43 years | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 11.59 years | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.37 years | 7.94 years | 8.64 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 8.45 years | 8.02 years | 9.03 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.21 years | 8.95 years | 9.67 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.46 years | 9.99 years | 11.09 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.29 years | 11.14 years | 11.59 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
More education data for Late-demographic dividend
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.38 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.38 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.5306 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Late-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Late-demographic dividend was 11.59 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 11.59 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.94 years in 1975.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.