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School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
178
Highest
22.04 years
Monaco
Lowest
5.2 years
Central African Republic
Median
14.36 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
12,742

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 22.04 years in Monaco; the lowest is 5.2 years in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.36 years, and the mean is 13.96 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 99.2%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 19.9%).

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 22.04 years 2024 up 3.0% flat
2 Australia 21.43 years 2024 down 9.1% falling
3 Greece 21.12 years 2023 up 22.3% rising
4 Finland 20.9 years 2024 up 4.1% rising
5 Tonga 20.6 years 2023 β€” rising
6 Argentina 20.51 years 2023 up 10.9% rising
7 Sweden 20.3 years 2024 up 4.5% rising
8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.22 years 2015 up 33.8% rising
9 Belgium 20.04 years 2023 down 1.5% rising
10 New Zealand 19.69 years 2024 down 0.9% flat
11 Norway 19.45 years 2024 up 6.2% rising
12 Iceland 19.37 years 2023 down 7.6% rising
13 Ireland 19.17 years 2022 up 5.9% rising
14 Uruguay 18.96 years 2023 β€” rising
15 Netherlands 18.95 years 2023 up 5.5% rising
16 TΓΌrkiye 18.81 years 2023 up 14.5% rising
17 Hong Kong 18.75 years 2024 up 15.0% rising
18 Denmark 18.71 years 2024 down 6.3% rising
19 Cyprus 18.6 years 2024 up 25.6% rising
20 Spain 18.43 years 2024 up 4.4% rising
21 Grenada 18.38 years 2018 up 4.5% rising
22 Slovenia 18.34 years 2023 down 0.5% rising
23 United Kingdom 18.31 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
24 Poland 18.11 years 2024 up 6.4% rising
25 Portugal 17.93 years 2023 up 8.4% rising
26 Macao 17.79 years 2024 up 15.7% rising
27 Albania 17.79 years 2024 up 11.6% rising
28 Puerto Rico 17.61 years 2023 up 4.0% flat
29 Chile 17.56 years 2024 up 6.9% rising
30 Germany 17.47 years 2024 up 3.0% flat
31 Italy 17.42 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
32 Saudi Arabia 17.4 years 2024 up 12.9% rising
33 Croatia 17.38 years 2023 up 8.5% rising
34 Moldova 17.15 years 2024 up 18.9% rising
35 Malta 17.12 years 2023 up 8.2% rising
36 Singapore 16.89 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
37 Brazil 16.88 years 2024 up 6.8% rising
38 United States 16.82 years 2022 down 2.9% rising
39 Austria 16.78 years 2024 up 2.8% flat
40 Latvia 16.76 years 2024 up 0.7% flat
41 Lithuania 16.71 years 2024 down 3.3% flat
42 Switzerland 16.68 years 2024 up 4.5% rising
43 Czechia 16.68 years 2023 down 5.3% rising
44 Kazakhstan 16.64 years 2025 up 19.3% rising
45 Fiji 16.61 years 2024 β€” rising
46 Georgia 16.6 years 2023 up 11.8% rising
47 France 16.6 years 2024 up 5.0% rising
48 Korea 16.58 years 2024 up 4.3% rising
49 Antigua and Barbuda 16.57 years 2012 up 0.7% flat
50 Bahrain 16.55 years 2024 up 6.7% rising
51 Estonia 16.45 years 2024 down 4.0% falling
52 Hungary 16.38 years 2024 up 2.1% flat
53 Algeria 16.28 years 2024 up 9.3% rising
54 Costa Rica 16.26 years 2019 up 16.8% rising
55 Kuwait 16.26 years 2015 up 12.6% rising
56 Montenegro 16.24 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 16.2 years 2024 up 6.7% rising
58 Namibia 16.19 years 2022 up 7.4% rising
59 Libya 16.14 years 2003 β€” rising
60 Canada 16.07 years 2023 down 1.5% rising
61 Mongolia 15.87 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
62 Slovak Republic 15.79 years 2024 up 1.3% rising
63 Mauritius 15.76 years 2024 up 3.8% rising
64 Ecuador 15.57 years 2023 up 3.6% flat
65 Israel 15.54 years 2024 down 1.8% flat
66 Morocco 15.52 years 2024 up 39.2% rising
67 Mexico 15.48 years 2024 up 9.1% rising
68 Japan 15.36 years 2023 up 1.7% flat
69 North Macedonia 15.21 years 2023 up 11.3% rising
70 Venezuela 15.19 years 2008 up 39.7% rising
71 Thailand 15.15 years 2025 down 7.9% rising
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.14 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
73 Tunisia 15.09 years 2016 up 4.2% rising
74 Russia 15.06 years 2023 down 0.8% flat
75 Bulgaria 15.06 years 2024 down 4.3% rising
76 Andorra 15.04 years 2024 up 31.1% rising
76 South Africa 14.24 years 2023 up 5.7% rising
77 Dominican Republic 14.95 years 2024 up 4.7% flat
78 Serbia 14.89 years 2024 down 0.6% rising
79 Paraguay 14.88 years 2011 up 17.5% rising
80 Qatar 14.87 years 2024 up 7.5% rising
81 Peru 14.85 years 2017 up 16.3% rising
82 Marshall Islands 14.8 years 2024 up 4.7% rising
83 Luxembourg 14.62 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
84 Colombia 14.54 years 2022 up 0.5% rising
85 Barbados 14.49 years 2024 down 14.5% rising
86 Brunei 14.46 years 2023 down 5.8% rising
87 Bhutan 14.46 years 2024 up 9.6% rising
88 Romania 14.38 years 2023 down 4.6% rising
89 Liechtenstein 14.36 years 2021 up 3.8% rising
90 Belarus 14.36 years 2024 down 11.2% flat
91 Armenia 14.29 years 2024 up 8.4% rising
92 Cuba 14.19 years 2024 down 1.8% rising
93 Iran 14.17 years 2022 down 1.1% rising
94 Indonesia 14.17 years 2023 up 7.6% rising
95 Aruba 14.1 years 2024 down 9.7% rising
96 Kyrgyzstan 14.1 years 2025 up 10.0% rising
97 Cape Verde 14.04 years 2018 up 12.0% rising
98 Vietnam 13.97 years 2022 up 10.8% rising
99 Seychelles 13.88 years 2024 down 16.7% rising
100 Uzbekistan 13.86 years 2024 up 20.6% rising
101 Palestine 13.82 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
102 Oman 13.8 years 2024 down 8.5% rising
103 Philippines 13.77 years 2024 up 13.3% rising
104 Jordan 13.76 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
105 Ukraine 13.7 years 2024 down 9.6% flat
106 Nepal 13.7 years 2024 up 6.5% rising
108 Panama 13.6 years 2016 up 0.1% rising
109 Jamaica 13.53 years 2015 up 15.9% rising
110 China (People's Republic of) 13.4 years 2012 up 13.0% rising
111 Azerbaijan 13.23 years 2024 up 4.5% rising
112 India 13.18 years 2025 up 5.4% rising
113 Sri Lanka 13.15 years 2023 down 4.6% rising
114 British Virgin Islands 13.15 years 2024 down 5.3% falling
115 Saint Lucia 13.07 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
116 Egypt 12.98 years 2024 up 15.8% rising
117 Rwanda 12.91 years 2024 up 13.4% rising
118 Belize 12.7 years 2024 down 3.4% flat
119 Malaysia 12.6 years 2024 down 7.6% rising
120 Botswana 12.5 years 2021 up 1.0% rising
121 Sao Tome and Principe 12.42 years 2015 up 18.8% rising
122 Turkmenistan 12.39 years 2024 up 7.8% rising
123 Guyana 12.37 years 2024 down 0.4% rising
124 San Marino 12.26 years 2024 down 5.4% falling
125 Bermuda 12.2 years 2023 down 19.0% flat
126 Eswatini 12.18 years 2013 up 34.0% rising
127 Samoa 12.16 years 2000 β€” rising
128 Myanmar 12.13 years 2018 up 30.5% rising
129 Trinidad and Tobago 12.04 years 2004 up 10.2% rising
130 Nicaragua 11.98 years 2023 β€” rising
131 Cote d'Ivoire 11.97 years 2024 up 60.9% rising
132 Ghana 11.76 years 2024 up 13.6% rising
133 Bangladesh 11.74 years 2024 up 6.0% volatile
134 Lebanon 11.61 years 2019 down 2.2% rising
135 Kenya 11.5 years 2023 up 12.5% rising
136 Lesotho 11.44 years 2017 up 1.8% rising
137 El Salvador 11.43 years 2024 down 7.6% rising
138 Togo 11.25 years 2017 up 36.6% rising
139 Suriname 11.19 years 2021 β€” flat
140 Gabon 11.09 years 1999 up 3.6% rising
141 Cambodia 11.05 years 2023 up 15.0% rising
142 Guatemala 10.76 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
143 Uganda 10.37 years 2004 up 99.2% rising
144 Cameroon 10.36 years 2023 down 2.3% rising
145 Zimbabwe 10.35 years 2013 up 4.0% flat
146 Congo 10.33 years 2012 up 27.2% rising
147 Senegal 10.19 years 2023 up 10.7% volatile
148 Malawi 10.15 years 2021 down 3.5% rising
149 Tajikistan 9.93 years 2013 up 11.8% rising
150 Mozambique 9.9 years 2017 up 19.9% rising
151 Vanuatu 9.82 years 2004 up 10.1% rising
152 Honduras 9.36 years 2024 down 5.8% rising
153 Benin 9.35 years 2022 up 1.6% volatile
154 Madagascar 9.16 years 2019 down 2.9% rising
155 Tanzania 8.91 years 2021 down 0.3% rising
156 Laos 8.85 years 2023 down 13.3% rising
157 Mauritania 8.55 years 2020 up 13.8% rising
158 Burundi 8.53 years 2025 down 19.9% volatile
159 Liberia 8.37 years 2000 β€” volatile
160 Syria 8.21 years 2013 down 15.6% rising
161 Iraq 8.07 years 2004 down 1.7% rising
162 Afghanistan 8 years 2018 up 22.2% volatile
163 Pakistan 7.99 years 2024 up 39.8% rising
164 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.82 years 2013 up 30.3% rising
165 Guinea 7.76 years 2014 up 49.3% volatile
166 Burkina Faso 7.68 years 2024 up 5.2% volatile
167 Nigeria 7.66 years 2011 up 14.4% rising
168 Ethiopia 7.61 years 2012 up 84.9% volatile
169 Zambia 7.3 years 1988 up 11.4% rising
170 Eritrea 7.01 years 2015 down 4.9% rising
171 Sudan 6.81 years 2015 up 20.1% rising
172 Yemen 6.6 years 2011 up 57.5% rising
173 Mali 6.31 years 2017 up 10.4% volatile
174 Niger 5.99 years 2017 up 89.4% volatile
175 Chad 5.77 years 2015 up 44.4% rising
176 Sierra Leone 5.63 years 2001 β€” rising
177 Djibouti 3.47 years 2004 up 34.9% rising
223 Central African Republic 5.2 years 2012 β€” rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,742 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release