School life expectancy, primary, male (years) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
209
Highest
11.29 years
Haiti
Lowest
0.912 years
Somalia
Median
5.86 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
17,327
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, primary, male (years) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 11.29 years in Haiti; the lowest is 0.912 years in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.86 years, and the mean is 5.81 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 71.3%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 45.8%).
School life expectancy, primary, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 11.29 years | 2016 | — | rising |
| 2 | Rwanda | 9.45 years | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 9.43 years | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 7.3 years | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 4 | Namibia | 8.96 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.91 years | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 8.82 years | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 7 | Eswatini | 8.43 years | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 7 | American Samoa | 7.1 years | 1992 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 8 | Malawi | 8.3 years | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 9 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.13 years | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 10 | Zambia | 8.03 years | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.91 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 14 | Grenada | 7.89 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 15 | Botswana | 7.76 years | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 7.67 years | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 7.58 years | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 7.53 years | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bhutan | 7.48 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.44 years | 2024 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 21 | Uganda | 7.4 years | 2017 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 6.5 years | 2016 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 22 | Falkland Islands | 7.36 years | 1995 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.34 years | 2010 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.25 years | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 7.19 years | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 26 | East Timor | 7.18 years | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 7.1 years | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 28 | Morocco | 7.04 years | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 6.98 years | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Mauritius | 6.98 years | 2024 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 31 | Australia | 6.95 years | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 32 | Togo | 6.92 years | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 33 | Norway | 6.9 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.89 years | 2017 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 35 | Iceland | 6.87 years | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.87 years | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 37 | Fiji | 6.84 years | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 38 | Dominica | 6.82 years | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 6.75 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 40 | Peru | 6.73 years | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 41 | Cambodia | 6.71 years | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 42 | Venezuela | 6.69 years | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 43 | Benin | 6.67 years | 2022 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 6.67 years | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 6.6 years | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 46 | Libya | 6.57 years | 2006 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 47 | Madagascar | 6.55 years | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 48 | Sweden | 6.54 years | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 6.52 years | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 6.51 years | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 52 | Mauritania | 6.5 years | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 6.49 years | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 54 | Guinea | 6.48 years | 2020 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 55 | Tonga | 6.45 years | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 56 | Aruba | 6.36 years | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 58 | Tunisia | 6.35 years | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 59 | Palau | 6.34 years | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 60 | Argentina | 6.29 years | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 61 | Hong Kong | 6.29 years | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | Cyprus | 6.27 years | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 63 | Tanzania | 6.26 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.26 years | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 6.26 years | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 66 | Netherlands | 6.24 years | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 6.24 years | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 6.21 years | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 6.2 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 70 | Samoa | 6.2 years | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 71 | Monaco | 6.17 years | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 72 | Guatemala | 6.16 years | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 73 | Spain | 6.14 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 74 | Mexico | 6.13 years | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 75 | Indonesia | 6.13 years | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 76 | United Kingdom | 6.13 years | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 77 | Greece | 6.11 years | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 78 | Belgium | 6.11 years | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 79 | Marshall Islands | 6.11 years | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 80 | Ghana | 6.1 years | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 81 | Iran | 6.1 years | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 82 | Burundi | 6.09 years | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 83 | Switzerland | 6.08 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 84 | Thailand | 6.08 years | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 85 | Japan | 6.07 years | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 86 | Korea | 6.06 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 87 | Slovenia | 6.06 years | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 88 | Tuvalu | 6.06 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 89 | Iraq | 6.04 years | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 90 | Singapore | 6.03 years | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 6.02 years | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 92 | Myanmar | 6.02 years | 2018 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 93 | Gibraltar | 6.01 years | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 94 | Kenya | 6 years | 2023 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 95 | Georgia | 5.98 years | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 96 | New Caledonia | 5.97 years | 1991 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 5.93 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 98 | China (People's Republic of) | 5.93 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 99 | Finland | 5.93 years | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 100 | Cuba | 5.92 years | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 101 | Andorra | 5.91 years | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 102 | Jordan | 5.9 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 103 | Guyana | 5.87 years | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 104 | Malta | 5.87 years | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 105 | Latvia | 5.86 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 106 | Estonia | 5.86 years | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 107 | Israel | 5.85 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 108 | Belize | 5.85 years | 2024 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 109 | Kiribati | 5.84 years | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 110 | Jamaica | 5.84 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 111 | Egypt | 5.81 years | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 112 | Lesotho | 5.81 years | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 113 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.81 years | 1987 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 114 | Panama | 5.81 years | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 115 | United States | 5.8 years | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 116 | New Zealand | 5.79 years | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 117 | Bahrain | 5.79 years | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 118 | Chad | 5.78 years | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 119 | Ecuador | 5.77 years | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 120 | Qatar | 5.76 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 121 | Philippines | 5.74 years | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 122 | Canada | 5.69 years | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 123 | Cayman Islands | 5.68 years | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 124 | Brunei | 5.68 years | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 125 | Gambia | 5.65 years | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 126 | Suriname | 5.65 years | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 127 | Bolivia | 5.64 years | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 5.64 years | 1996 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 129 | India | 5.63 years | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 130 | Seychelles | 5.61 years | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 131 | Maldives | 5.61 years | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 132 | Albania | 5.55 years | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 133 | Bermuda | 5.55 years | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 134 | Paraguay | 5.54 years | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 135 | Nauru | 5.53 years | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 136 | Bahamas | 5.53 years | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 137 | Nigeria | 5.49 years | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 138 | Malaysia | 5.42 years | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 139 | Vietnam | 5.42 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 140 | Macao | 5.41 years | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 141 | El Salvador | 5.39 years | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 142 | Angola | 5.37 years | 2023 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 143 | Gabon | 5.37 years | 2019 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 144 | Congo | 5.37 years | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 145 | Guadeloupe | 5.35 years | 1994 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 5.31 years | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 5.31 years | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 149 | Montenegro | 5.29 years | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 150 | Algeria | 5.29 years | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 5.27 years | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 152 | Brazil | 5.21 years | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 153 | Liechtenstein | 5.19 years | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 154 | France | 5.16 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 155 | Italy | 5.16 years | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 5.13 years | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 157 | British Virgin Islands | 5.05 years | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 158 | Barbados | 5.04 years | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 159 | Reunion | 5.04 years | 1994 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 5.01 years | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 161 | Czechia | 5 years | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 years | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 163 | Syria | 4.99 years | 2024 | up 71.3% | falling |
| 164 | Yemen | 4.97 years | 2016 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 165 | Comoros | 4.96 years | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 166 | Lebanon | 4.93 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 4.9 years | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 4.88 years | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 169 | Martinique | 4.87 years | 1996 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 170 | Eritrea | 4.86 years | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 171 | North Macedonia | 4.81 years | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 172 | Honduras | 4.74 years | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 173 | Laos | 4.69 years | 2025 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 174 | San Marino | 4.61 years | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 4.61 years | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Mongolia | 4.6 years | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 177 | Sudan | 4.55 years | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 178 | Senegal | 4.54 years | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 179 | Mali | 4.52 years | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 180 | Sri Lanka | 4.52 years | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 181 | United Arab Emirates | 4.36 years | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 182 | Romania | 4.27 years | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 183 | Pakistan | 4.26 years | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 184 | Poland | 4.22 years | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 185 | Azerbaijan | 4.2 years | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 186 | Türkiye | 4.15 years | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 187 | Slovak Republic | 4.14 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 188 | Germany | 4.12 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 189 | Armenia | 4.11 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 190 | Hungary | 4.1 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 191 | Liberia | 4.09 years | 2022 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 192 | Austria | 4.09 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 193 | Croatia | 4.06 years | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 194 | Lithuania | 4.01 years | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 195 | Kazakhstan | 3.95 years | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 196 | Serbia | 3.94 years | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 197 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.93 years | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 198 | Niger | 3.92 years | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 199 | Tajikistan | 3.91 years | 2017 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 200 | Russia | 3.91 years | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 201 | Kuwait | 3.87 years | 2021 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 202 | Belarus | 3.84 years | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 203 | Turkmenistan | 3.83 years | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 204 | Bulgaria | 3.81 years | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 205 | Oman | 3.74 years | 2024 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 206 | Palestine | 3.67 years | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 207 | Ukraine | 3.62 years | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 209 | Djibouti | 3.22 years | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 210 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.01 years | 2015 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 211 | Moldova | 2.97 years | 2024 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 212 | Somalia | 0.912 years | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: Caribbean 7.76 years
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 7.36 years
- UNESCO: Sids 7.29 years
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 7.25 years
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 7.11 years
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 6.98 years
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 6.83 years
- MDG: Oceania 6.83 years
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 6.83 years
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 6.82 years
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 6.76 years
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 6.76 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release