School life expectancy, primary, female in Macao
Macao: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.41 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, female in Macao, 2001β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in Macao is 5.41 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Macao peaked at 6.49 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.27 years, in 2022.
That places Macao 138th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.89 years | 5.76 years | 6.08 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.05 years | 5.8 years | 6.49 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.42 years | 5.27 years | 5.68 years | 5 |
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More education data for Macao
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2,896 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 0.676 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Macao?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Macao was 5.41 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 6.49 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.27 years in 2022.
- How does Macao rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Macao ranks 138th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Macao 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