School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Georgia
Georgia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 15.62 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Georgia, 1981–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Georgia stood at 15.62 years. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Georgia peaked at 15.62 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11 years, in 1995.
Georgia ranks 44th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Georgia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 12.99 years | — |
| 1991 | 12.43 years | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 11 years | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 11.24 years | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 11.87 years | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 12.7 years | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 13.2 years | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 13.37 years | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 13.55 years | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 13.69 years | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 13.67 years | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 13.76 years | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 13.32 years | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 13.7 years | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 13.14 years | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 13.51 years | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 14.04 years | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 14.21 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 14.46 years | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 14.69 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 15.03 years | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 15.28 years | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 15.62 years | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.99 years | 12.99 years | 12.99 years | 1 |
| 1990s | 11.85 years | 11 years | 12.7 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 13.49 years | 13.14 years | 13.76 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.76 years | 14.04 years | 15.62 years | 7 |
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More education data for Georgia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 32,424 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.36 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Georgia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Georgia was 15.62 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.62 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 years in 1995.
- How does Georgia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Georgia ranks 44th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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.