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School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
186
Highest
21.01 years
Monaco
Lowest
4.05 years
Djibouti
Median
13.82 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
13,852

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 21.01 years in Monaco; the lowest is 4.05 years in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.82 years, and the mean is 13.56 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 91.5%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 23.5%).

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 21.01 years 2024 up 1.2% flat
1 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 13.45 years 2008 up 7.4% rising
2 Greece 20.9 years 2023 up 20.1% rising
3 Australia 20.63 years 2024 down 11.3% falling
4 Finland 19.63 years 2024 up 2.0% rising
5 New Zealand 19.21 years 2024 up 0.7% flat
6 St. Kitts and Nevis 19.06 years 2015 up 29.3% rising
7 Belgium 18.92 years 2023 down 2.2% flat
8 Ireland 18.81 years 2022 up 3.8% rising
9 Turkey 18.8 years 2023 up 11.9% rising
10 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 18.72 years 2024 up 14.8% rising
11 Argentina 18.63 years 2023 up 8.2% rising
12 Sweden 18.58 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
13 Norway 18.5 years 2024 up 4.7% rising
14 Netherlands, The 18.43 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
15 Tonga 18.18 years 2023 — rising
16 Iceland 18.13 years 2023 down 8.2% rising
17 Denmark 18.11 years 2024 down 5.7% rising
18 Grenada 17.84 years 2018 up 5.8% rising
19 Spain 17.74 years 2024 up 2.5% rising
20 United Kingdom 17.74 years 2023 up 0.3% rising
21 Uruguay 17.62 years 2023 up 11.2% rising
22 Cyprus 17.61 years 2024 up 23.0% rising
23 Portugal 17.54 years 2023 up 7.4% rising
24 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 17.5 years 2024 up 17.6% rising
25 Slovenia, Republic of 17.42 years 2023 down 1.5% rising
26 Germany 17.34 years 2024 up 1.3% flat
27 Chile 17.32 years 2024 up 6.5% rising
28 Albania 17.3 years 2024 up 10.1% rising
29 Fiji, Republic of 17.26 years 2024 — rising
30 Poland, Republic of 17.13 years 2024 up 5.7% rising
31 Saudi Arabia 17.02 years 2024 up 18.2% rising
32 Korea, Republic of 16.85 years 2024 up 1.4% flat
33 Italy 16.84 years 2023 up 5.4% flat
34 Singapore 16.75 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
35 Puerto Rico 16.52 years 2023 up 3.0% flat
36 Moldova, Republic of 16.51 years 2024 up 17.1% rising
37 Switzerland 16.51 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
38 Georgia 16.44 years 2023 up 9.7% rising
39 Croatia, Republic of 16.32 years 2023 up 6.0% rising
40 Austria 16.2 years 2024 up 1.1% flat
41 Malta 16.18 years 2023 up 5.0% rising
42 Czech Republic 16.16 years 2023 down 4.1% rising
43 Brazil 16.12 years 2024 up 4.7% rising
44 Lithuania, Republic of 16.11 years 2024 down 3.7% flat
45 Kazakhstan 16.08 years 2025 up 17.8% rising
46 France 16.06 years 2024 up 4.0% rising
47 United States Virgin Islands 16.01 years 1993 up 7.1% rising
48 Hungary 16.01 years 2024 up 2.4% flat
49 Latvia, Republic of 15.96 years 2024 down 0.7% flat
50 United States 15.92 years 2022 down 3.9% rising
51 Libya 15.83 years 2003 — rising
52 Costa Rica 15.78 years 2019 up 15.4% rising
53 United Arab Emirates 15.78 years 2024 up 5.3% rising
54 Antigua and Barbuda 15.67 years 2012 down 0.3% flat
55 Algeria 15.62 years 2024 up 7.9% rising
56 Estonia, Republic of 15.6 years 2024 down 4.1% flat
57 Bahrain, Kingdom of 15.57 years 2024 up 7.3% rising
58 Montenegro 15.54 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
59 Canada 15.49 years 2023 down 2.1% flat
60 Namibia 15.43 years 2022 up 6.1% rising
61 Liechtenstein 15.41 years 2021 up 2.0% rising
62 Japan 15.4 years 2023 up 1.0% flat
63 Slovak Republic 15.24 years 2024 up 1.7% rising
64 Morocco 15.21 years 2024 up 31.4% rising
65 Mauritius 15.09 years 2024 up 1.5% rising
66 Israel 15.04 years 2024 down 2.2% flat
67 Ecuador 15.01 years 2023 up 4.2% flat
68 Russia 14.91 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
69 Andorra, Principality of 14.9 years 2024 up 31.3% rising
70 Mexico 14.87 years 2024 up 5.6% rising
71 Mongolia 14.83 years 2023 down 0.6% rising
72 Peru 14.81 years 2017 up 15.1% rising
73 North Macedonia, Republic of 14.72 years 2023 up 8.9% rising
74 Kuwait 14.71 years 2015 up 8.3% rising
75 Bulgaria 14.59 years 2024 down 5.8% rising
76 Thailand 14.56 years 2025 down 8.4% rising
77 Serbia, Republic of 14.49 years 2024 up 0.1% rising
78 Luxembourg 14.46 years 2024 up 2.4% rising
79 Paraguay 14.4 years 2011 up 14.7% rising
80 Vietnam 14.39 years 2022 up 8.7% rising
81 Tunisia 14.35 years 2016 up 2.2% rising
82 Colombia 14.29 years 2022 up 0.7% rising
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.29 years 2023 down 1.3% rising
84 Belarus, Republic of 14.16 years 2024 down 9.5% rising
85 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.11 years 2022 down 1.4% rising
86 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 14.04 years 2009 up 35.3% rising
87 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 14.02 years 2024 up 1.9% rising
88 Ukraine 13.99 years 2024 down 6.3% rising
89 Armenia, Republic of 13.96 years 2024 up 6.6% rising
90 Indonesia 13.95 years 2023 up 6.1% rising
91 Brunei Darussalam 13.91 years 2023 down 4.6% rising
92 South Africa 13.87 years 2023 up 4.8% rising
93 Romania 13.82 years 2023 down 5.9% rising
94 Dominican Republic 13.81 years 2024 up 0.2% rising
95 Uzbekistan 13.67 years 2024 up 17.5% rising
96 Bhutan 13.62 years 2024 up 8.8% rising
97 Nepal 13.57 years 2024 up 8.4% rising
98 Barbados 13.57 years 2024 down 13.5% rising
99 Philippines 13.56 years 2024 up 14.6% rising
100 Aruba 13.52 years 2024 down 11.4% rising
101 Kyrgyz Republic 13.5 years 2025 up 7.1% rising
102 Cuba 13.46 years 2024 down 4.7% rising
103 Cayman Islands 13.38 years 2008 up 6.2% flat
104 Cabo Verde 13.31 years 2018 up 9.8% rising
105 Qatar 13.3 years 2024 up 7.6% rising
106 Jordan 13.27 years 2024 up 2.9% rising
107 China, People's Republic of 13.2 years 2012 up 30.0% rising
108 Azerbaijan, Republic of 13.12 years 2024 up 3.6% rising
109 Palestine 13.06 years 2023 down 1.7% rising
110 India 13.02 years 2025 up 6.2% rising
111 Oman 13.02 years 2024 down 8.3% rising
112 Egypt, Arab Republic of 13 years 2024 up 14.5% rising
113 Panama 12.99 years 2016 up 0.6% rising
114 Rwanda 12.93 years 2024 up 11.8% rising
115 Seychelles 12.81 years 2024 down 20.1% flat
116 Eswatini, Kingdom of 12.73 years 2013 up 33.6% rising
117 Sri Lanka 12.66 years 2023 down 5.5% rising
118 Jamaica 12.58 years 2015 up 5.5% rising
119 St. Lucia 12.55 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
120 British Virgin Islands 12.54 years 2024 down 9.3% falling
121 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 12.43 years 2015 up 20.2% rising
122 Turkmenistan 12.34 years 2024 up 6.9% rising
123 Bahamas, The 12.33 years 1995 up 4.2% flat
124 Togo 12.32 years 2017 up 26.0% rising
125 San Marino, Republic of 12.31 years 2024 down 2.3% falling
126 Belize 12.28 years 2024 down 4.4% flat
127 Botswana 12.19 years 2021 down 1.3% rising
128 Malaysia 12.12 years 2024 down 5.5% rising
129 Côte d’Ivoire 11.96 years 2024 up 46.4% rising
130 Samoa 11.92 years 2000 — rising
131 Trinidad and Tobago 11.81 years 2004 up 8.4% rising
132 Comoros, Union of the 11.8 years 2014 up 31.5% rising
133 Nicaragua 11.79 years 2023 — rising
134 Guyana 11.78 years 2024 down 2.8% rising
135 Ghana 11.72 years 2024 up 9.0% rising
136 Kenya 11.71 years 2023 up 10.7% rising
137 Myanmar 11.66 years 2018 up 34.0% rising
138 Bermuda 11.62 years 2023 down 15.1% flat
139 Gabon 11.55 years 2001 up 4.8% rising
140 Lebanon 11.18 years 2023 down 6.0% rising
141 Bangladesh 11.12 years 2024 up 1.2% rising
142 Lesotho, Kingdom of 11.03 years 2017 down 0.6% rising
143 El Salvador 10.98 years 2024 down 10.8% rising
144 Cameroon 10.95 years 2023 down 4.9% rising
145 Cambodia 10.93 years 2023 up 13.9% rising
146 Tajikistan, Republic of 10.91 years 2013 up 6.1% flat
147 Suriname 10.8 years 2021 — flat
148 Uganda 10.74 years 2004 up 91.5% rising
149 Guatemala 10.6 years 2023 down 1.9% rising
150 Zimbabwe 10.6 years 2013 up 3.4% rising
151 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 10.55 years 2018 up 18.6% volatile
152 Congo, Republic of 10.47 years 2012 up 19.1% rising
153 Mozambique, Republic of 10.4 years 2017 up 14.3% rising
154 Vanuatu 10.24 years 2004 up 11.3% rising
155 Liberia 10.16 years 2000 — volatile
156 Malawi 10.05 years 2021 down 6.1% rising
157 Benin 10.01 years 2022 down 6.1% rising
158 Iraq 9.46 years 2004 down 2.0% rising
159 Angola 9.3 years 2023 down 9.2% rising
160 Senegal 9.12 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
161 Madagascar, Republic of 9.06 years 2019 down 5.0% rising
162 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.05 years 2023 down 15.5% rising
163 Guinea 9.03 years 2014 up 37.1% volatile
164 Honduras 8.84 years 2024 down 7.1% rising
165 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.84 years 2013 up 22.1% rising
166 Tanzania 8.78 years 2021 down 3.6% rising
167 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 8.69 years 2020 up 12.1% rising
168 Syrian Arab Republic 8.3 years 2013 down 17.6% rising
169 Burundi 8.27 years 2025 down 23.5% volatile
170 Pakistan 8.17 years 2024 up 29.4% rising
171 Nigeria 8.15 years 2011 up 9.3% rising
172 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 8.04 years 2012 up 58.4% volatile
173 Yemen, Republic of 7.83 years 2011 up 16.9% rising
174 Eritrea, The State of 7.75 years 2015 down 15.0% rising
175 Zambia 7.73 years 1990 up 5.3% rising
176 Burkina Faso 7.48 years 2024 down 2.1% volatile
177 Chad 7.14 years 2015 up 32.8% rising
178 Sudan 7.07 years 2015 up 18.3% rising
179 Mali 6.94 years 2017 up 4.3% volatile
180 Haiti 6.71 years 1986 up 48.8% rising
181 Niger 6.7 years 2017 up 75.1% volatile
182 Sierra Leone 6.62 years 2001 up 52.6% rising
183 Central African Republic 6.32 years 2012 — rising
184 Papua New Guinea 5.78 years 1998 up 18.8% rising
185 Djibouti 4.05 years 2004 up 33.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
407 places, 13,852 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release