School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Small states
Small states: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 12.14 years in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Small states, 1970–2015
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Small states recorded 12.14 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2015. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Small states peaked at 12.14 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 8.69 years, in 1971.
Small states ranks 24th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Small states, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.82 years | — |
| 1971 | 8.69 years | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 8.8 years | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 8.76 years | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 8.91 years | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 9.1 years | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 9.23 years | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 9.21 years | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 9.35 years | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 9.37 years | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 9.4 years | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 9.33 years | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 9.49 years | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 9.54 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 9.58 years | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 9.62 years | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 9.67 years | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 9.67 years | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 9.76 years | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 9.72 years | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 9.78 years | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 9.76 years | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 9.87 years | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 9.86 years | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 10.03 years | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 10.14 years | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 10.2 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 10.29 years | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 10.37 years | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 10.36 years | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 10.5 years | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 10.74 years | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 10.78 years | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 10.87 years | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 11.11 years | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 11.16 years | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 11.31 years | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 11.45 years | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 11.65 years | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 11.8 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 11.88 years | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 11.96 years | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 11.98 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 11.97 years | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 12.04 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 12.14 years | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.02 years | 8.69 years | 9.37 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.58 years | 9.33 years | 9.76 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.07 years | 9.76 years | 10.37 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.14 years | 10.5 years | 11.8 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12 years | 11.88 years | 12.14 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More education data for Small states
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 243,069 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 243,069 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.012 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.3% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4354 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Small states?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Small states was 12.14 years in 2015, 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 Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 12.14 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.69 years in 1971.
- How does Small states rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Small states ranks 24th out of 43 groups with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small states 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.