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School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
208
Highest
17.89 years
Vanuatu
Lowest
1.23 years
Somalia
Median
11.44 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,514

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 17.89 years in Vanuatu; the lowest is 1.23 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.44 years, and the mean is 11.27 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia, The (up 59.1%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea, Republic of (down 40.7%).

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Vanuatu 17.89 years 2023 up 48.5% rising
1 Niue 13.35 years 2024 up 9.1% rising
2 Monaco 17.19 years 2024 down 3.7% flat
2 Cook Islands 13.11 years 2024 up 9.0% rising
3 St. Kitts and Nevis 16.41 years 2023 up 18.1% rising
3 Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 12.97 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
4 Sierra Leone 15.02 years 2023 up 49.3% rising
4 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 12.38 years 2022 down 6.6% flat
5 Australia 14.78 years 2024 down 11.4% falling
5 Tokelau 6.9 years 2025 down 30.3% falling
6 Denmark 14.41 years 2024 down 3.1% rising
7 Iceland 14.33 years 2023 down 6.1% rising
8 Belgium 14.09 years 2023 down 5.5% flat
9 Ireland 14 years 2022 up 0.5% rising
10 Netherlands 13.99 years 2023 down 2.0% flat
11 Liechtenstein, Principality of 13.96 years 2021 up 2.2% rising
12 Norway 13.9 years 2024 up 0.3% flat
13 Turks and Caicos Islands 13.86 years 2024 up 37.4% rising
14 United Kingdom 13.86 years 2023 down 5.9% rising
15 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 13.86 years 2024 up 4.1% rising
16 Sweden 13.85 years 2024 down 1.1% rising
17 Finland 13.79 years 2024 down 2.3% rising
18 Türkiye 13.72 years 2023 up 7.3% rising
19 Portugal 13.7 years 2023 up 0.1% rising
20 Fiji, Republic of 13.63 years 2024 up 13.1% rising
21 Antigua and Barbuda 13.59 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
22 Slovenia 13.56 years 2023 down 0.6% rising
23 New Zealand 13.48 years 2024 down 2.8% flat
24 Eswatini, Kingdom of 13.47 years 2016 up 17.1% rising
25 Uruguay 13.37 years 2023 up 9.6% rising
26 Luxembourg 13.35 years 2024 up 2.4% rising
27 Albania 13.23 years 2024 up 4.4% rising
28 Italy 13.22 years 2023 up 0.7% flat
29 Germany 13.22 years 2024 down 1.6% flat
30 Switzerland 13.21 years 2024 down 0.7% flat
31 Spain 13.1 years 2024 down 2.5% flat
32 Argentina 13 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
33 Poland 12.96 years 2024 up 3.9% rising
34 Namibia 12.95 years 2024 up 3.1% rising
35 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 12.94 years 2024 up 1.1% rising
36 Malta 12.91 years 2023 up 2.4% flat
37 Grenada 12.9 years 2024 down 1.4% rising
38 Czechia 12.85 years 2023 down 2.7% flat
39 Algeria 12.84 years 2024 up 0.3% rising
40 Saudi Arabia 12.71 years 2024 up 10.2% rising
41 Montenegro 12.69 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
42 United Arab Emirates 12.68 years 2024 up 22.7% rising
43 Tonga 12.66 years 2024 down 4.6% rising
44 Cyprus 12.65 years 2024 up 8.2% rising
45 Hungary 12.6 years 2024 up 1.5% flat
46 Dominica 12.58 years 2023 down 4.5% rising
47 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 12.53 years 2024 down 12.6% rising
48 Nepal 12.51 years 2024 up 9.2% rising
49 Samoa 12.5 years 2016 up 7.8% rising
50 Greece 12.5 years 2023 down 0.0% rising
51 Slovak Republic 12.49 years 2024 up 2.9% flat
52 Mauritius 12.47 years 2024 down 0.2% rising
53 Morocco 12.44 years 2024 up 13.0% rising
54 Lithuania 12.44 years 2024 down 2.3% flat
55 France 12.42 years 2024 up 1.0% flat
56 Chile 12.41 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
57 South Africa 12.4 years 2023 up 4.4% rising
58 Tunisia 12.37 years 2016 up 1.2% rising
59 Brazil 12.37 years 2024 down 1.4% flat
60 Estonia 12.27 years 2024 up 0.8% flat
61 Moldova 12.26 years 2024 up 6.7% rising
62 Georgia 12.25 years 2024 down 7.3% rising
63 Rwanda 12.22 years 2024 up 8.7% rising
64 Croatia 12.19 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
65 Palau, Republic of 12.17 years 2024 down 7.5% flat
66 Japan 12.16 years 2023 up 0.6% flat
67 Bhutan 12.13 years 2024 up 4.1% rising
68 Peru 12.13 years 2024 up 6.3% rising
69 Brunei Darussalam 12.09 years 2023 down 7.6% rising
70 Austria 12.08 years 2024 down 0.3% flat
71 Costa Rica 12.07 years 2024 up 2.8% rising
72 Indonesia 12.07 years 2025 up 1.6% rising
73 Vietnam 12.06 years 2022 up 0.9% rising
74 Andorra, Principality of 12.03 years 2024 up 13.7% rising
75 North Macedonia 12.01 years 2023 up 3.4% rising
76 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 11.98 years 2017 up 22.3% rising
77 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 11.98 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
78 Mexico 11.98 years 2024 down 2.9% rising
79 Libya 11.97 years 2006 — rising
80 Micronesia, Federated States of 11.96 years 2005 — falling
81 Latvia 11.93 years 2024 down 5.2% flat
82 Kiribati 11.87 years 2024 — rising
83 Korea 11.86 years 2024 down 0.2% flat
84 Martinique 11.86 years 1996 up 0.6% flat
85 Canada 11.86 years 2023 down 5.3% flat
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.84 years 2023 down 0.2% rising
87 Togo 11.82 years 2023 down 5.0% rising
88 Uzbekistan, Republic of 11.79 years 2025 up 4.4% rising
89 Israel 11.78 years 2024 down 0.7% flat
90 Suriname 11.77 years 2022 up 10.0% rising
91 Bahrain, Kingdom of 11.76 years 2024 down 5.1% rising
92 Cabo Verde 11.72 years 2022 up 3.1% rising
93 China (People’s Republic of) 11.64 years 2012 up 19.8% rising
94 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 11.59 years 2020 down 6.6% flat
95 United States 11.58 years 2022 down 1.4% flat
96 Trinidad and Tobago 11.52 years 2024 — rising
97 Qatar 11.52 years 2024 up 0.2% rising
98 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 11.5 years 2021 up 21.1% rising
99 Bulgaria 11.45 years 2024 down 6.3% flat
100 Armenia, Republic of 11.44 years 2024 up 6.4% rising
101 Gambia, The 11.44 years 2021 up 59.1% rising
102 Thailand 11.41 years 2025 down 16.8% rising
103 New Caledonia 11.4 years 1991 up 7.0% rising
104 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 11.37 years 2024 up 9.0% rising
105 Sri Lanka 11.36 years 2023 down 7.5% rising
106 Gibraltar 11.35 years 2024 down 7.9% rising
107 Cuba 11.34 years 2024 down 6.4% rising
108 Turkmenistan 11.34 years 2024 up 6.7% rising
109 Kuwait 11.34 years 2015 down 10.6% rising
110 Côte d'Ivoire 11.33 years 2024 up 35.9% rising
111 Ecuador 11.32 years 2023 down 7.7% rising
112 Jordan 11.31 years 2024 up 2.8% flat
113 Tuvalu 11.31 years 2024 up 0.8% rising
114 Mongolia 11.29 years 2023 down 2.6% rising
115 Serbia 11.26 years 2024 down 2.3% flat
116 Colombia 11.25 years 2022 down 3.4% flat
117 Oman 11.25 years 2024 down 10.6% rising
118 Kazakhstan, Republic of 11.15 years 2025 up 7.4% rising
119 Bolivia 11.13 years 2024 down 2.8% rising
120 India 11.13 years 2025 up 4.4% rising
121 Iran, Islamic Republic of 11.13 years 2023 down 2.5% rising
122 Naoero, Republic of 11.06 years 2025 down 6.4% rising
123 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 11.04 years 2024 down 3.4% rising
124 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 11.01 years 2024 down 6.0% falling
125 Belize 10.98 years 2024 down 5.5% rising
126 St. Lucia 10.97 years 2024 down 2.7% rising
127 Papua New Guinea 10.96 years 2023 up 23.2% rising
128 Egypt, Arab Republic of 10.95 years 2024 up 11.0% rising
129 Zambia 10.93 years 2024 — rising
130 Kenya 10.93 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
131 Azerbaijan, Republic of 10.88 years 2024 down 3.9% flat
132 Philippines 10.86 years 2024 up 14.2% rising
133 Cayman Islands 10.78 years 2024 down 3.9% flat
134 Botswana 10.78 years 2021 down 6.8% rising
135 Solomon Islands 10.78 years 2012 up 33.9% rising
136 Romania 10.77 years 2023 down 8.4% flat
137 Iraq 10.71 years 2023 up 5.3% flat
138 Ghana 10.62 years 2024 up 3.9% rising
139 French Polynesia 10.6 years 1993 — flat
140 Cameroon 10.59 years 2023 down 8.6% rising
141 Dominican Republic 10.55 years 2024 down 7.4% rising
142 Belarus, Republic of 10.53 years 2024 down 6.5% flat
143 Mozambique, Republic of 10.49 years 2017 up 7.7% rising
144 Palestine, State of 10.49 years 2023 down 2.0% rising
145 Zimbabwe 10.45 years 2013 up 1.1% rising
146 Gabon 10.44 years 2019 — rising
147 Uganda 10.41 years 2007 up 8.1% rising
148 Seychelles 10.41 years 2024 down 23.4% rising
149 Malawi 10.4 years 2023 down 7.6% rising
150 Tajikistan, Republic of 10.4 years 2013 down 0.5% rising
151 Bermuda 10.4 years 2023 down 7.9% flat
152 Guyana 10.4 years 2024 down 8.7% rising
153 Russia 10.38 years 2023 down 1.9% rising
154 Myanmar 10.37 years 2018 up 35.1% rising
155 Paraguay 10.3 years 2024 down 12.9% rising
156 Panama 10.25 years 2017 down 3.4% rising
157 Maldives 10.23 years 2023 up 6.2% falling
158 Kyrgyz Republic 10.2 years 2025 up 1.2% falling
159 Nicaragua 10.19 years 2023 down 5.6% rising
160 Lesotho, Kingdom of 10.17 years 2017 down 2.7% rising
161 Bahamas, The 10.17 years 2024 down 7.5% falling
162 Singapore 10.16 years 2023 down 1.8% rising
163 Malaysia 10.13 years 2024 down 2.9% rising
164 Puerto Rico 10.09 years 2024 down 12.0% flat
165 Barbados 10.08 years 2024 down 10.0% falling
166 Congo, Republic of 10.05 years 2012 up 10.6% falling
167 Comoros, Union of the 9.98 years 2022 down 12.2% rising
168 Benin 9.96 years 2022 down 10.7% rising
169 Jamaica 9.93 years 2024 up 1.0% falling
170 Cambodia 9.9 years 2024 up 11.0% rising
171 British Virgin Islands 9.78 years 2024 down 18.1% falling
172 Ukraine 9.68 years 2024 down 9.5% falling
173 San Marino, Republic of 9.55 years 2024 down 3.3% rising
174 Guinea 9.46 years 2014 up 22.7% rising
175 Madagascar, Republic of 9.4 years 2021 up 0.5% rising
176 Guatemala 9.2 years 2024 down 6.3% rising
177 El Salvador 9.16 years 2024 down 14.9% rising
178 Bangladesh 9.12 years 2024 down 1.1% rising
179 Angola 8.81 years 2023 down 26.5% rising
180 Lebanon 8.54 years 2024 up 4.5% flat
181 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.45 years 2021 down 7.7% rising
182 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 8.39 years 2020 up 9.6% rising
183 Eritrea, The State of 8.32 years 2022 down 4.7% rising
184 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.27 years 2025 down 20.6% rising
185 Nigeria 8.27 years 2023 down 6.1% rising
186 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 8.03 years 2015 up 16.7% rising
187 Yemen, Republic of 8 years 2016 down 8.4% falling
188 Pakistan 7.81 years 2024 up 21.1% rising
189 Chad 7.73 years 2024 down 12.4% rising
190 Central African Republic 7.67 years 2016 up 15.6% rising
191 Burundi 7.65 years 2025 down 27.7% volatile
192 Liberia 7.52 years 2020 down 27.1% rising
193 Honduras 7.28 years 2024 down 10.5% rising
194 Senegal 7.24 years 2023 down 13.1% rising
195 Syrian Arab Republic 7.15 years 2024 up 6.6% falling
196 Mali 6.96 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
197 Guinea-Bissau 6.89 years 2000 up 58.7% rising
198 Sudan 6.67 years 2019 up 3.2% rising
199 Burkina Faso 6.59 years 2024 down 13.2% volatile
200 Djibouti 6.46 years 2023 — rising
201 Niger 5.34 years 2024 down 14.5% volatile
202 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 4.9 years 2005 down 40.7% falling
203 Somalia 1.23 years 2023 — falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 15,514 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release