School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) was 15.76 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 15.76 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 15.76 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.58 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 42nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.58 years | — |
| 2000 | 9.63 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 9.78 years | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 9.88 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 9.99 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 10.11 years | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 10.23 years | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 10.4 years | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 10.6 years | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 10.72 years | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 10.86 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 10.97 years | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 11.06 years | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 14.41 years | +30.3% |
| 2013 | 14.92 years | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 15.01 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 15.05 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 15.16 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 15.19 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 15.3 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 15.37 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 15.42 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 15.58 years | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 15.64 years | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 15.75 years | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 15.76 years | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +30.3% | 11.06 years | 14.41 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.58 years | 9.58 years | 9.58 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 10.22 years | 9.63 years | 10.86 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.24 years | 10.97 years | 15.37 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.63 years | 15.42 years | 15.76 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 15.76 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.76 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.58 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 42nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release