School life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary, female was 7.62 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Caribbean, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
MDG: Caribbean recorded 7.62 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 7.77 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.06 years, in 1991.
That places MDG: Caribbean 1st out of 224 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.27 years | 6.09 years | 6.43 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.18 years | 6.07 years | 6.3 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.31 years | 6.06 years | 6.7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.5 years | 6.33 years | 6.69 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.53 years | 6.73 years | 7.77 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.61 years | 7.53 years | 7.66 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
- 1 Haiti 11.03 years compare
- 2 American Samoa 7.3 years compare
- 2 Sierra Leone 9.94 years compare
- 3 Rwanda 9.07 years compare
- 4 Malawi 8.49 years compare
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 11.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 312,088 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.56 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in MDG: Caribbean was 7.62 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 7.77 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.06 years in 1991.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 1st out of 224 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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