School life expectancy, primary, male in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary, male was 6.82 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.82 years
Change on year
down 0.8%
Rank
10th
of 221 groups
All-time high
7.4 years
in 2012
All-time low
4.43 years
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, male in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 6.82 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 7.4 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.43 years, in 1971.
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 10th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, male in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4.44 years | — |
| 1971 | 4.43 years | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 4.45 years | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 4.5 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 4.56 years | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 4.64 years | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 4.69 years | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 4.78 years | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 4.88 years | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 5.04 years | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 5.15 years | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 5.24 years | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 5.34 years | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 5.58 years | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 5.62 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 5.68 years | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 5.73 years | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 5.6 years | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 5.62 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 5.51 years | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 5.46 years | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 5.52 years | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 5.65 years | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 5.77 years | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 5.86 years | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 5.94 years | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 6.08 years | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 6.39 years | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 6.33 years | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 6.51 years | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 6.57 years | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 6.67 years | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 6.82 years | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 6.92 years | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.96 years | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 6.95 years | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 7 years | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 6.94 years | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 6.88 years | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 6.94 years | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 7.13 years | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 7.3 years | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 7.4 years | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 7.35 years | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 7.28 years | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 7.22 years | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 7.16 years | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 7.09 years | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 7.05 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 6.98 years | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 6.9 years | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 6.87 years | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 6.88 years | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 6.87 years | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 6.82 years | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.64 years | 4.43 years | 5.04 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.51 years | 5.15 years | 5.73 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.95 years | 5.46 years | 6.51 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.87 years | 6.57 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.2 years | 6.98 years | 7.4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.87 years | 6.82 years | 6.9 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- 7 Eswatini 8.43 years compare
- 8 Malawi 8.3 years compare
- 9 Antigua and Barbuda 8.13 years compare
- 10 Zambia 8.03 years compare
- 11 Anguilla 7.95 years compare
- 12 Montserrat 7.95 years compare
- 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.91 years compare
More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 6.82 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.43 years in 1971.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 10th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 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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February 2026 Data Release