School life expectancy, primary, male (years) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
215
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 215 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 5.83 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 141 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 71.3%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 45.8%).
School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years): 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 11 | Anguilla | 7.95 years | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 12 | Montserrat | 7.95 years | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 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 |
| 22 | Falkland Islands | 7.36 years | 1995 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.34 years | 2010 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 7.3 years | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.25 years | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 26 | Cameroon | 7.19 years | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 27 | East Timor | 7.18 years | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 28 | American Samoa | 7.1 years | 1992 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 7.1 years | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 30 | Morocco | 7.04 years | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 6.98 years | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 32 | Mauritius | 6.98 years | 2024 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 33 | Australia | 6.95 years | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 34 | Togo | 6.92 years | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 35 | Norway | 6.9 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.89 years | 2017 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 37 | Iceland | 6.87 years | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.87 years | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 39 | Fiji | 6.84 years | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 40 | Dominica | 6.82 years | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 6.75 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 42 | Peru | 6.73 years | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 43 | Cambodia | 6.71 years | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 44 | Venezuela | 6.69 years | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 45 | Benin | 6.67 years | 2022 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 6.67 years | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 6.6 years | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 48 | Libya | 6.57 years | 2006 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 49 | Madagascar | 6.55 years | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sweden | 6.54 years | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Helena | 6.53 years | 1998 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 6.52 years | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 53 | Uruguay | 6.51 years | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 54 | Mauritania | 6.5 years | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 55 | Central African Republic | 6.5 years | 2016 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 6.49 years | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea | 6.48 years | 2020 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 58 | Tonga | 6.45 years | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 59 | Aruba | 6.36 years | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 60 | Cook Islands | 6.35 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 61 | Tunisia | 6.35 years | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 62 | Palau | 6.34 years | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 63 | Argentina | 6.29 years | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 64 | Hong Kong | 6.29 years | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 65 | Cyprus | 6.27 years | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 66 | Tanzania | 6.26 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.26 years | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 6.26 years | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 69 | Netherlands | 6.24 years | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 70 | Cape Verde | 6.24 years | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 6.21 years | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 6.2 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 73 | Samoa | 6.2 years | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 74 | Monaco | 6.17 years | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 75 | Guatemala | 6.16 years | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 76 | Spain | 6.14 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Mexico | 6.13 years | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 78 | Indonesia | 6.13 years | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 6.13 years | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 80 | Greece | 6.11 years | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 81 | Belgium | 6.11 years | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 6.11 years | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 83 | Ghana | 6.1 years | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 84 | Iran | 6.1 years | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 85 | Burundi | 6.09 years | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 86 | Switzerland | 6.08 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 87 | Thailand | 6.08 years | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 88 | Japan | 6.07 years | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 89 | South Korea | 6.06 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 90 | Slovenia | 6.06 years | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 91 | Tuvalu | 6.06 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 92 | Iraq | 6.04 years | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 93 | Singapore | 6.03 years | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 94 | Chile | 6.02 years | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 95 | Myanmar | 6.02 years | 2018 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 96 | Gibraltar | 6.01 years | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 97 | Kenya | 6 years | 2023 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 98 | Georgia | 5.98 years | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 5.97 years | 1991 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 5.93 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | China | 5.93 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 102 | Finland | 5.93 years | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 103 | Cuba | 5.92 years | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 104 | Andorra | 5.91 years | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 105 | Jordan | 5.9 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 106 | Guyana | 5.87 years | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 107 | Malta | 5.87 years | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 108 | Latvia | 5.86 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 109 | Estonia | 5.86 years | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 110 | Israel | 5.85 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 111 | Belize | 5.85 years | 2024 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 112 | Kiribati | 5.84 years | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 113 | Jamaica | 5.84 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 114 | Egypt | 5.81 years | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 115 | Lesotho | 5.81 years | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 116 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.81 years | 1987 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 117 | Panama | 5.81 years | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 118 | United States | 5.8 years | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 119 | New Zealand | 5.79 years | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 120 | Bahrain | 5.79 years | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 121 | Chad | 5.78 years | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 122 | Ecuador | 5.77 years | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 123 | Qatar | 5.76 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 124 | Philippines | 5.74 years | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 125 | Canada | 5.69 years | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 126 | Cayman Islands | 5.68 years | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 127 | Brunei | 5.68 years | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 5.65 years | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 129 | Suriname | 5.65 years | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 130 | Bolivia | 5.64 years | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 131 | French Polynesia | 5.64 years | 1996 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 132 | India | 5.63 years | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 133 | Seychelles | 5.61 years | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 134 | Maldives | 5.61 years | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 135 | Albania | 5.55 years | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 136 | Bermuda | 5.55 years | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 137 | Paraguay | 5.54 years | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 138 | Nauru | 5.53 years | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 139 | Bahamas | 5.53 years | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 140 | Nigeria | 5.49 years | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 141 | Malaysia | 5.42 years | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 142 | Vietnam | 5.42 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 143 | Macao | 5.41 years | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 144 | El Salvador | 5.39 years | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 145 | Angola | 5.37 years | 2023 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 146 | Gabon | 5.37 years | 2019 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 147 | Congo | 5.37 years | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 148 | Guadeloupe | 5.35 years | 1994 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 149 | Niue | 5.35 years | 2025 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 150 | Colombia | 5.31 years | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 5.31 years | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 152 | Montenegro | 5.29 years | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 153 | Algeria | 5.29 years | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 154 | Puerto Rico | 5.27 years | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 155 | Brazil | 5.21 years | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 156 | Liechtenstein | 5.19 years | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 157 | France | 5.16 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 158 | Italy | 5.16 years | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 5.13 years | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 160 | British Virgin Islands | 5.05 years | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 161 | Barbados | 5.04 years | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 162 | Reunion | 5.04 years | 1994 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 5.01 years | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 164 | Czechia | 5 years | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 years | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 166 | Syria | 4.99 years | 2024 | up 71.3% | falling |
| 167 | Yemen | 4.97 years | 2016 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 168 | Comoros | 4.96 years | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 169 | Lebanon | 4.93 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 170 | Micronesia (country) | 4.9 years | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 4.88 years | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 172 | Martinique | 4.87 years | 1996 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 173 | Eritrea | 4.86 years | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 174 | North Macedonia | 4.81 years | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 175 | Honduras | 4.74 years | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 176 | Laos | 4.69 years | 2025 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 177 | San Marino | 4.61 years | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 178 | Burkina Faso | 4.61 years | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Mongolia | 4.6 years | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 180 | Sudan | 4.55 years | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 181 | Senegal | 4.54 years | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 182 | Mali | 4.52 years | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 183 | Sri Lanka | 4.52 years | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 184 | United Arab Emirates | 4.36 years | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 185 | Romania | 4.27 years | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 186 | Pakistan | 4.26 years | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 187 | Poland | 4.22 years | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 188 | Azerbaijan | 4.2 years | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 189 | Turkey | 4.15 years | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 190 | Slovakia | 4.14 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 191 | Germany | 4.12 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 192 | Armenia | 4.11 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 193 | Hungary | 4.1 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 194 | Liberia | 4.09 years | 2022 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 195 | Austria | 4.09 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 196 | Croatia | 4.06 years | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 197 | Lithuania | 4.01 years | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 198 | Kazakhstan | 3.95 years | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 199 | Serbia | 3.94 years | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 200 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.93 years | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 201 | Niger | 3.92 years | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 202 | Tajikistan | 3.91 years | 2017 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 203 | Russia | 3.91 years | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 204 | Kuwait | 3.87 years | 2021 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 205 | Belarus | 3.84 years | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 206 | Turkmenistan | 3.83 years | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 207 | Bulgaria | 3.81 years | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 208 | Oman | 3.74 years | 2024 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 209 | Palestine | 3.67 years | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 210 | Ukraine | 3.62 years | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 211 | Tokelau | 3.44 years | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 212 | Djibouti | 3.22 years | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 213 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.01 years | 2015 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 214 | Moldova | 2.97 years | 2024 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 215 | 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
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 6.75 years
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 6.72 years
- AIMS: Pacific 6.72 years
- SDG: Oceania 6.72 years
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 6.64 years
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 6.54 years
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 6.46 years
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 6.44 years
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 6.41 years
- WB: Other Small States 6.36 years
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 6.34 years
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 6.32 years
- WB: Small States 6.28 years
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 6.27 years
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 6.26 years
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 6.25 years
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 6.24 years
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 6.2 years
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 6.18 years
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 6.14 years
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 6.13 years
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 6.13 years
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 6.13 years
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 6.13 years
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 6.12 years
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 6.11 years
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 6.11 years
- GPE: Region 1 6.11 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release