School life expectancy, primary, female in Bahamas
Bahamas: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.38 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, female in Bahamas, 1976β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 5.38 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.0% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Bahamas peaked at 6.59 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4.6 years, in 2023.
Bahamas ranks 137th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.71 years | 5.62 years | 5.78 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 6.11 years | 5.77 years | 6.36 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 5.99 years | 5.43 years | 6.46 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 5.95 years | 5.35 years | 6.32 years | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.89 years | 5.3 years | 6.59 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9 years | 4.6 years | 5.38 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More education data for Bahamas
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.37 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 91.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Bahamas?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Bahamas was 5.38 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 6.59 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6 years in 2023.
- How does Bahamas rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Bahamas ranks 137th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release