School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School life expectancy, primary, male was 5.91 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) is 5.91 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 6.29 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.78 years, in 2008.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 80th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.8 years | 4.8 years | 4.8 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.8 years | 4.78 years | 4.82 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.89 years | 4.79 years | 6.29 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.95 years | 5.91 years | 6.02 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.91 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 31.38 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 5.91 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.29 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.78 years in 2008.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 80th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release