School life expectancy, primary, female in Kiribati
Kiribati: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.59 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, female in Kiribati, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 5.59 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Kiribati peaked at 8.97 years in 1982 and was at its lowest, 5.59 years, in 2024.
Kiribati ranks 125th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.62 years | 6.58 years | 8.26 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 8.64 years | 8.16 years | 8.97 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.06 years | 6.24 years | 8.53 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.43 years | 6.17 years | 6.79 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.41 years | 6.3 years | 6.53 years | 4 |
| 2020s | 5.92 years | 5.59 years | 6.22 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More education data for Kiribati
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.3% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 734 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.12 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Kiribati?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Kiribati was 5.59 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 8.97 years in 1982.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.59 years in 2024.
- How does Kiribati rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Kiribati ranks 125th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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