School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125): School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.47 years in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), 1973β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) recorded 6.47 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) peaked at 6.47 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.05 years, in 1973.
That places ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 17th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.47 years | 5.05 years | 5.75 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 5.8 years | 5.76 years | 5.87 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.92 years | 5.72 years | 6.03 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.18 years | 6.13 years | 6.25 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.28 years | 6.2 years | 6.39 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.36 years | 6.25 years | 6.47 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- 14 Antigua and Barbuda 7.66 years compare
- 15 Botswana 7.6 years compare
- 16 Uganda 7.49 years compare
- 17 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.39 years compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 7.32 years compare
- 19 American Samoa 7.3 years compare
- 20 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 7.26 years compare
More education data for ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 139,514 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 132,877 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 72,041 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 15,332 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 169,203 (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 169,721 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 86,683 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) was 6.47 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.47 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.05 years in 1973.
- How does ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 17th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 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