School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 11.66 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Upper middle income, 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Upper middle income stood at 11.66 years. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Upper middle income peaked at 11.66 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7.69 years, in 1975.
Upper middle income ranks 12th of 43 groups on this measure, 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 Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 7.69 years | — |
| 1976 | 8.01 years | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 8.27 years | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 8.41 years | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 8.31 years | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 8.21 years | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 8.18 years | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 8.1 years | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 8.14 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 8.27 years | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 8.52 years | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 8.76 years | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 8.92 years | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 9.08 years | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 9.07 years | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 9.06 years | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 9.09 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 9.14 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 9.12 years | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 9.14 years | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 9.24 years | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 9.37 years | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 9.45 years | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 9.57 years | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 9.78 years | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 10.04 years | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 10.09 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 10.24 years | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 10.3 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 10.43 years | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 10.55 years | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 10.64 years | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 10.87 years | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 11.01 years | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 11.16 years | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 11.24 years | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 11.32 years | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 11.31 years | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 11.5 years | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 11.38 years | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 11.37 years | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 11.41 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 11.45 years | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 11.54 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 11.66 years | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.14 years | 7.69 years | 8.41 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 8.53 years | 8.1 years | 9.08 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.29 years | 9.06 years | 9.78 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.53 years | 10.04 years | 11.16 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.42 years | 11.24 years | 11.66 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
- 9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.33 years compare
- 10 New Zealand 14.28 years compare
- 11 Slovenia 14.08 years compare
- 12 Tonga 14.02 years compare
- 13 Uruguay 13.98 years compare
- 14 Costa Rica 13.95 years compare
- 15 Tunisia 13.86 years compare
More education data for Upper middle income
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.41 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0044 units per person (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 100.7% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.53 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Upper middle income?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Upper middle income was 11.66 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 11.66 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.69 years in 1975.
- How does Upper middle income rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Upper middle income ranks 12th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle 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.