School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Euro area
Euro area: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 16.93 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Euro area, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Euro area is 16.93 years, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Euro area peaked at 16.93 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 12.31 years, in 1971.
That places Euro area 1st out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Euro area, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 12.43 years | — |
| 1971 | 12.31 years | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 12.46 years | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 12.59 years | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 12.75 years | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 12.81 years | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 12.93 years | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 12.99 years | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 12.98 years | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 12.94 years | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 12.95 years | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 12.93 years | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 12.98 years | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 13.03 years | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 13.13 years | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 13.27 years | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 13.5 years | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 13.65 years | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 13.76 years | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 13.88 years | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 13.96 years | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 13.96 years | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 14.16 years | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 14.57 years | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 15.04 years | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 15.16 years | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 15.32 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 15.42 years | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 15.67 years | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 15.56 years | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 15.64 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 15.75 years | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 15.75 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15.84 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 15.86 years | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 16.09 years | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 16.16 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 16.16 years | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 16.21 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 16.22 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16.34 years | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 16.5 years | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 16.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16.59 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 16.62 years | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 16.68 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 16.72 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 16.85 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 16.93 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 16.93 years | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.72 years | 12.31 years | 12.99 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.31 years | 12.93 years | 13.88 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.88 years | 13.96 years | 15.67 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.97 years | 15.64 years | 16.22 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.66 years | 16.34 years | 16.93 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More education data for Euro area
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.51 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1.51 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.49 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Euro area?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Euro area was 16.93 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 16.93 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.31 years in 1971.
- How does Euro area rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Euro area ranks 1st out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 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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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.