School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 10.57 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Caribbean Small States, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Caribbean Small States recorded 10.57 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in 2019.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Caribbean Small States peaked at 10.85 years in 2009 and was at its lowest, 9.94 years, in 1975.
Caribbean Small States ranks 26th of 43 groups on this measure, 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, male in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 10.09 years | — |
| 1971 | 10.08 years | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 10.19 years | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 10.02 years | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 10 years | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 9.94 years | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 10.01 years | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 10.29 years | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 10.35 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 10.46 years | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 10.44 years | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 10.21 years | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 10.35 years | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 10.37 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 10.33 years | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 10.43 years | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 10.45 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 10.7 years | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 10.79 years | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 10.81 years | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 10.74 years | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 10.75 years | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10.8 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 10.74 years | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 10.76 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 10.74 years | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 10.69 years | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 10.68 years | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 10.67 years | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 10.58 years | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 10.68 years | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 10.7 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 10.53 years | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 10.52 years | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 10.7 years | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 10.67 years | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 10.7 years | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 10.71 years | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 10.81 years | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 10.85 years | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 10.76 years | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 10.79 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 10.7 years | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 10.57 years | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 10.56 years | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 10.55 years | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.71 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 10.6 years | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 10.66 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 10.57 years | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.14 years | 9.94 years | 10.46 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.49 years | 10.21 years | 10.81 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.71 years | 10.58 years | 10.8 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.69 years | 10.52 years | 10.85 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.65 years | 10.55 years | 10.79 years | 10 |
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More education data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 15-64 67.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 41,622 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 94.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0092 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 41,622 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 94.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.97 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Caribbean Small States?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Caribbean Small States was 10.57 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 10.85 years in 2009.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.94 years in 1975.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 26th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States 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.