School life expectancy, primary, male in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: School life expectancy, primary, male was 5.27 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, male in Puerto Rico, 2009–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in Puerto Rico is 5.27 years, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in Puerto Rico peaked at 6.08 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5.27 years, in 2024.
Puerto Rico ranks 154th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.81 years | 5.81 years | 5.81 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 5.84 years | 5.57 years | 6.08 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 5.28 years | 5.27 years | 5.3 years | 2 |
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More education data for Puerto Rico
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 15,316 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 87.93 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in Puerto Rico?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in Puerto Rico was 5.27 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 6.08 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.27 years in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- Puerto Rico ranks 154th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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