School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Switzerland
Switzerland: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 13.59 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Switzerland, 1978–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 13.59 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in 2018. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Switzerland peaked at 13.59 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 11.91 years, in 1980.
Switzerland ranks 18th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 11.98 years | — |
| 1979 | 11.92 years | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 11.91 years | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 12.01 years | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 12 years | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 11.96 years | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 11.97 years | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11.94 years | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 11.92 years | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 11.93 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 12.02 years | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 12.13 years | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 12.31 years | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 12.43 years | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 12.51 years | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 12.94 years | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 12.99 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 13.1 years | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 13.17 years | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 13.32 years | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 13.28 years | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 13.29 years | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 13.17 years | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 13.02 years | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 13 years | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 13.04 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 13.04 years | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 13.07 years | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 13.06 years | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 13.07 years | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 13.05 years | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 13.05 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13.07 years | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 13.08 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13.23 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 13.43 years | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 13.52 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 13.56 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 13.59 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.95 years | 11.92 years | 11.98 years | 2 |
| 1980s | 11.98 years | 11.91 years | 12.13 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.9 years | 12.31 years | 13.32 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 13.08 years | 13 years | 13.29 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.32 years | 13.05 years | 13.59 years | 8 |
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More education data for Switzerland
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Switzerland?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Switzerland was 13.59 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 13.59 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.91 years in 1980.
- How does Switzerland rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- Switzerland ranks 18th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.