School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 15.65 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 15.65 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 15.66 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.28 years, in 1999.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 50th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.28 years | — |
| 2000 | 9.34 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 9.45 years | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 9.55 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 9.67 years | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 9.76 years | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 9.85 years | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 9.99 years | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 10.16 years | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 10.26 years | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 10.4 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 10.51 years | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 10.6 years | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 14.29 years | +34.9% |
| 2013 | 14.82 years | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 14.92 years | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 14.97 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 15.11 years | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 15.15 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 15.25 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 15.32 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 15.36 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 15.5 years | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 15.55 years | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 15.66 years | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 15.65 years | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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 | +34.9% | 10.6 years | 14.29 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.28 years | 9.28 years | 9.28 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.84 years | 9.34 years | 10.4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.09 years | 10.51 years | 15.32 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.54 years | 15.36 years | 15.66 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 15.65 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.66 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.28 years in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 50th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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