School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Seychelles
Seychelles: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 14.19 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Seychelles, 1970–2019
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 Seychelles stood at 14.19 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Seychelles peaked at 14.26 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 8.08 years, in 1970.
That places Seychelles 80th out of 183 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.08 years | — |
| 1971 | 8.43 years | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 8.66 years | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 8.81 years | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 9.11 years | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 8.91 years | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 8.3 years | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 9.06 years | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 9.18 years | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 9.3 years | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 9.97 years | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 10.78 years | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 11.04 years | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 11.24 years | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 11.48 years | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 11.63 years | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 11.53 years | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 11.45 years | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 11.36 years | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 11.54 years | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 11.62 years | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 11.76 years | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 11.99 years | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 11.87 years | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 11.94 years | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 11.98 years | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 12.32 years | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 12.24 years | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 11.74 years | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 12.11 years | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 12.3 years | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 12.11 years | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 13.07 years | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 11.68 years | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 13.22 years | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 13.3 years | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 13.31 years | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 13.37 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 11.83 years | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 13.53 years | +14.4% |
| 2013 | 13.38 years | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 14.26 years | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 14.2 years | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 14.11 years | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 13.89 years | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 14.15 years | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 14.19 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.73 years | 8.08 years | 9.18 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 10.98 years | 9.3 years | 11.63 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.88 years | 11.54 years | 12.32 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 12.51 years | 11.68 years | 13.31 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.69 years | 11.83 years | 14.26 years | 10 |
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More education data for Seychelles
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 671 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.38 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Seychelles?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Seychelles was 14.19 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 14.26 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.08 years in 1970.
- How does Seychelles rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Seychelles ranks 80th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.