School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Small states
Small states: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 10.9 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Small states, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Small states is 10.9 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Small states peaked at 10.9 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.21 years, in 1971.
That places Small states 21st 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 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Small states, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.28 years | — |
| 1971 | 8.21 years | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 8.34 years | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 8.41 years | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 8.54 years | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 8.64 years | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 8.77 years | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 8.84 years | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 8.88 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 8.9 years | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 8.95 years | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 8.97 years | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 9 years | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 9.06 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 9.08 years | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 9.15 years | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 9.18 years | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 9.24 years | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 9.25 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 9.28 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 9.24 years | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 9.3 years | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 9.32 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 9.29 years | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 9.4 years | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 9.46 years | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 9.48 years | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 9.53 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 9.6 years | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 9.62 years | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 9.75 years | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 9.87 years | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 9.95 years | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 10.06 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 10.18 years | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 10.25 years | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 10.4 years | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 10.47 years | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 10.56 years | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 10.64 years | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 10.74 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 10.8 years | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 10.83 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 10.82 years | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 10.86 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 10.87 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 10.88 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 10.89 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10.89 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 10.9 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.58 years | 8.21 years | 8.9 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.12 years | 8.95 years | 9.28 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.42 years | 9.24 years | 9.62 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.21 years | 9.75 years | 10.64 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.85 years | 10.74 years | 10.9 years | 10 |
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More education data for Small states
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 243,069 (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 243,069 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.012 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.3% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4354 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Small states?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Small states was 10.9 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.21 years in 1971.
- How does Small states rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Small states ranks 21st out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small states 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.