School life expectancy, primary, female (years) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
215
Highest
11.03 years
Haiti
Lowest
0.7591 years
Somalia
Median
5.84 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
17,328
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, primary, female (years) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 11.03 years in Haiti; the lowest is 0.7591 years in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.84 years, and the mean is 5.76 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 82.3%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 41.0%).
School life expectancy, primary, female (years) (life female years): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 11.03 years | 2016 | — | rising |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 9.94 years | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Rwanda | 9.07 years | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 8.49 years | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 5 | Namibia | 8.48 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 6 | Zambia | 8.4 years | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 7 | Mozambique | 8.31 years | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.28 years | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bhutan | 8.07 years | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Eswatini | 7.88 years | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 7.85 years | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 12 | Anguilla | 7.84 years | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.82 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 14 | Grenada | 7.7 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.66 years | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 16 | Botswana | 7.6 years | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 7.49 years | 2017 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 18 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.39 years | 2024 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 19 | Montserrat | 7.36 years | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea | 7.32 years | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 21 | American Samoa | 7.3 years | 1992 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 22 | East Timor | 7.26 years | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 6.98 years | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 24 | Denmark | 6.97 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 6.96 years | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 26 | Venezuela | 6.96 years | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 6.95 years | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.92 years | 2010 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 29 | Morocco | 6.91 years | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 30 | Dominica | 6.9 years | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 31 | Norway | 6.9 years | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Iceland | 6.88 years | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.86 years | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.86 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 6.83 years | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 36 | Madagascar | 6.82 years | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 6.81 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 6.78 years | 2024 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 39 | Togo | 6.78 years | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 40 | Mauritania | 6.71 years | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 41 | Tonga | 6.7 years | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 42 | Cook Islands | 6.7 years | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 43 | Niue | 6.69 years | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 44 | Tanzania | 6.63 years | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 45 | Mauritius | 6.62 years | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 46 | Portugal | 6.62 years | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 47 | Cameroon | 6.6 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 48 | Gambia | 6.58 years | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 49 | Aruba | 6.57 years | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 6.53 years | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.52 years | 2017 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 52 | Argentina | 6.49 years | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 6.48 years | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.48 years | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 55 | Fiji | 6.44 years | 2024 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 56 | Cambodia | 6.43 years | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 57 | Palau | 6.41 years | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 58 | Uruguay | 6.36 years | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 59 | Cyprus | 6.34 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 60 | Falkland Islands | 6.31 years | 1995 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 61 | Nepal | 6.29 years | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 62 | Libya | 6.26 years | 2006 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 6.26 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 6.24 years | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 6.23 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 66 | Tunisia | 6.23 years | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 67 | Netherlands | 6.22 years | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 68 | Maldives | 6.2 years | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 69 | Gibraltar | 6.2 years | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 70 | Burundi | 6.18 years | 2025 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Benin | 6.17 years | 2022 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Mexico | 6.16 years | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 73 | Spain | 6.14 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 74 | Cape Verde | 6.12 years | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 75 | United Kingdom | 6.12 years | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 76 | Hong Kong | 6.11 years | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 77 | Iran | 6.11 years | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 78 | Belgium | 6.1 years | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 79 | Greece | 6.1 years | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 80 | Switzerland | 6.08 years | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 81 | Japan | 6.06 years | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 82 | Ghana | 6.06 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 83 | South Korea | 6.05 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 84 | China | 6.05 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 6.04 years | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 86 | Slovenia | 6.03 years | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 6.02 years | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 88 | Singapore | 6.01 years | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 5.99 years | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 90 | Georgia | 5.99 years | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 91 | Myanmar | 5.99 years | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 92 | Monaco | 5.99 years | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 93 | Luxembourg | 5.98 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 94 | Indonesia | 5.98 years | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 95 | Samoa | 5.97 years | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 96 | Ecuador | 5.93 years | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 97 | Jordan | 5.93 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 98 | Tuvalu | 5.92 years | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 99 | Finland | 5.92 years | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 100 | Andorra | 5.92 years | 2024 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 101 | Qatar | 5.9 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 102 | Latvia | 5.87 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 5.87 years | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Bahrain | 5.86 years | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 105 | Israel | 5.86 years | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 106 | Malta | 5.86 years | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 5.86 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 108 | Chile | 5.84 years | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 109 | Panama | 5.84 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 110 | Guyana | 5.84 years | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 111 | Estonia | 5.84 years | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 112 | Jamaica | 5.81 years | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 113 | Egypt | 5.81 years | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 114 | United States | 5.81 years | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 115 | Kenya | 5.81 years | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 5.81 years | 1991 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 117 | New Zealand | 5.8 years | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 118 | Cayman Islands | 5.8 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 119 | Belize | 5.79 years | 2024 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 120 | Nauru | 5.78 years | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 121 | Senegal | 5.77 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 122 | Iraq | 5.76 years | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 123 | Canada | 5.71 years | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 124 | Brunei | 5.7 years | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 125 | Bangladesh | 5.65 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 126 | Seychelles | 5.61 years | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 127 | Bolivia | 5.61 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 128 | Bermuda | 5.6 years | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 129 | Kiribati | 5.59 years | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 130 | India | 5.58 years | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 131 | Lesotho | 5.56 years | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea | 5.55 years | 2020 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Albania | 5.54 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 134 | Philippines | 5.51 years | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 135 | Paraguay | 5.5 years | 2024 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 136 | El Salvador | 5.43 years | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 137 | Malaysia | 5.42 years | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 138 | Angola | 5.41 years | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 139 | Suriname | 5.41 years | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 140 | Macao | 5.41 years | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 141 | Bahamas | 5.38 years | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Helena | 5.36 years | 1998 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 5.34 years | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 144 | Montenegro | 5.33 years | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 145 | Nigeria | 5.33 years | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 146 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.32 years | 1987 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 147 | French Polynesia | 5.32 years | 1996 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 148 | Algeria | 5.3 years | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 149 | Congo | 5.24 years | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 150 | Vietnam | 5.21 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 151 | Guadeloupe | 5.21 years | 1994 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 152 | British Virgin Islands | 5.21 years | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 153 | Brazil | 5.19 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 154 | France | 5.17 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 155 | Colombia | 5.17 years | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 5.11 years | 2016 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 157 | Italy | 5.11 years | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 158 | Gabon | 5.11 years | 2019 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.09 years | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 160 | Liechtenstein | 5.09 years | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 161 | Syria | 5 years | 2024 | up 76.9% | falling |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 4.99 years | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 163 | Czechia | 4.99 years | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 164 | Chad | 4.98 years | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 165 | Ethiopia | 4.96 years | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Barbados | 4.95 years | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 4.95 years | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 168 | Lebanon | 4.9 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 169 | Comoros | 4.89 years | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 170 | North Macedonia | 4.83 years | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 171 | Martinique | 4.83 years | 1996 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 172 | Honduras | 4.79 years | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 173 | Reunion | 4.79 years | 1994 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 4.76 years | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 175 | San Marino | 4.74 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 4.71 years | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 177 | Mongolia | 4.65 years | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 178 | Laos | 4.64 years | 2025 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 179 | Sri Lanka | 4.58 years | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 180 | Kuwait | 4.44 years | 2021 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 181 | Yemen | 4.36 years | 2016 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 182 | Sudan | 4.32 years | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 183 | United Arab Emirates | 4.31 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 184 | Romania | 4.22 years | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 185 | Poland | 4.21 years | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 186 | Liberia | 4.18 years | 2022 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 187 | Azerbaijan | 4.17 years | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 188 | Germany | 4.15 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 189 | Slovakia | 4.14 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 190 | Pakistan | 4.14 years | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 191 | Eritrea | 4.12 years | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 192 | Mali | 4.12 years | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Hungary | 4.1 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 194 | Austria | 4.07 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 195 | Croatia | 4.06 years | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 196 | Turkey | 4.05 years | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 197 | Armenia | 4.04 years | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 198 | Lithuania | 4.03 years | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 199 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.94 years | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 200 | Russia | 3.93 years | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 201 | Kazakhstan | 3.86 years | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 202 | Belarus | 3.84 years | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 203 | Turkmenistan | 3.83 years | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 204 | Bulgaria | 3.81 years | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 205 | Oman | 3.8 years | 2024 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 206 | Niger | 3.76 years | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 207 | Serbia | 3.74 years | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 208 | Tajikistan | 3.72 years | 2017 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 209 | Ukraine | 3.68 years | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 210 | Palestine | 3.64 years | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 211 | Tokelau | 3.37 years | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 212 | Equatorial Guinea | 3 years | 2015 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 213 | Moldova | 2.94 years | 2024 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 214 | Djibouti | 2.94 years | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 215 | Somalia | 0.7591 years | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: Caribbean 7.62 years
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 7.23 years
- UNESCO: Sids 7.13 years
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 7.1 years
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 7.02 years
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 6.88 years
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 6.8 years
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 6.76 years
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 6.73 years
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 6.62 years
- AIMS: Pacific 6.62 years
- SDG: Oceania 6.62 years
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 6.59 years
- MDG: Oceania 6.58 years
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 6.58 years
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 6.48 years
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 6.47 years
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 6.39 years
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 6.39 years
- WB: Other Small States 6.32 years
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 6.29 years
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 6.28 years
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 6.25 years
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 6.25 years
- WB: Small States 6.23 years
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 6.15 years
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 6.14 years
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 6.13 years
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 6.12 years
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 6.07 years
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 6.07 years
- GPE: Region 1 6.04 years
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 6.04 years
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 6.02 years
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 6.02 years
- SDG: Eastern Asia 6.02 years
- MDG: Eastern Asia 6.01 years
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 6.01 years
- WB: South Asia 6.01 years
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 6.01 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release