School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 12.48 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Post-demographic dividend, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Post-demographic dividend is 12.48 years, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 12.52 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9.76 years, in 1970.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 9.76 years | — |
| 1971 | 9.76 years | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 9.83 years | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 9.99 years | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 10.09 years | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 10.21 years | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 10.39 years | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 10.51 years | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 10.6 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 10.54 years | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 10.92 years | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 10.97 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 11.08 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 11.11 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 11.18 years | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 11.22 years | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 11.37 years | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 11.46 years | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 11.48 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 11.51 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 11.5 years | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 11.56 years | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 11.64 years | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 11.81 years | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 11.95 years | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 12.02 years | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 12.07 years | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 12.12 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 12.12 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 12.06 years | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 12 years | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 12.08 years | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 12.05 years | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 12.11 years | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 12.11 years | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.16 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 12.15 years | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 12.18 years | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 12.2 years | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 12.21 years | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 12.18 years | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 12.18 years | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 12.18 years | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.39 years | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 12.43 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 12.47 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 12.5 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 12.52 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 12.48 years | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 12.48 years | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.17 years | 9.76 years | 10.6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.23 years | 10.92 years | 11.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.89 years | 11.5 years | 12.12 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.12 years | 12 years | 12.21 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.38 years | 12.18 years | 12.52 years | 10 |
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More education data for Post-demographic dividend
- Population ages 0-14 14.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.8% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.08 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.08 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4989 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Post-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Post-demographic dividend was 12.48 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 12.52 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.76 years in 1970.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-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.