School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Canada
Canada: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 12.84 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Canada, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Canada recorded 12.84 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in 2018. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Canada peaked at 12.84 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 11.17 years, in 1980.
Canada ranks 38th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Canada, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 11.99 years | — |
| 1972 | 11.83 years | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 11.6 years | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 11.36 years | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 11.4 years | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 11.31 years | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 11.32 years | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 11.29 years | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 11.22 years | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 11.17 years | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 11.21 years | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 11.85 years | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 12.04 years | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 12.2 years | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 12.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 12.25 years | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 12.24 years | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 12.25 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 12.27 years | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 12.24 years | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 12.38 years | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 12.43 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 12.5 years | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 12.52 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 12.46 years | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 12.54 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 12.35 years | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 12.1 years | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 12.1 years | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.02 years | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 12.12 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 12.13 years | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 12.1 years | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 12.17 years | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 12.12 years | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 12.13 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 12.47 years | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 12.46 years | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 12.49 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 12.6 years | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 12.69 years | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 12.77 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 12.84 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.48 years | 11.22 years | 11.99 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 11.97 years | 11.17 years | 12.27 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.39 years | 12.1 years | 12.54 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 12.11 years | 12.02 years | 12.17 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 12.51 years | 12.12 years | 12.84 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 141,045 (2000)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 95.01 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 95.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Canada?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Canada was 12.84 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 12.84 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.17 years in 1980.
- How does Canada rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- Canada ranks 38th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (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.