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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 (up 59.1%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 40.7%).

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

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

Regions and income groups

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