School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 15.11 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) recorded 15.11 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 15.11 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.31 years, in 1999.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 47th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.31 years | — |
| 2000 | 9.36 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 9.53 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 9.63 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 9.71 years | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 9.8 years | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 9.91 years | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 10.03 years | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 10.19 years | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 10.28 years | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 10.41 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 10.55 years | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 10.65 years | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 14 years | +31.5% |
| 2013 | 14.54 years | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 14.62 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 14.66 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 14.77 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 14.78 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 14.85 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 14.9 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 14.9 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 14.95 years | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 14.98 years | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 15.09 years | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 15.11 years | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +31.5% | 10.65 years | 14 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.31 years | 9.31 years | 9.31 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.88 years | 9.36 years | 10.41 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.83 years | 10.55 years | 14.9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.01 years | 14.9 years | 15.11 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
- 44 Lithuania 16.11 years compare
- 45 Kazakhstan 16.08 years compare
- 46 France 16.06 years compare
- 47 United States Virgin Islands 16.01 years
- 48 Hungary 16.01 years compare
- 49 Latvia 15.96 years compare
- 50 United States of America 15.92 years compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3032 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 30.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4878 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.44 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) was 15.11 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.11 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.31 years in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 47th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release