School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Oecd Members
WB: Oecd Members: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 17.11 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Oecd Members, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Oecd Members recorded 17.11 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Oecd Members peaked at 17.11 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.66 years, in 2000.
WB: Oecd Members ranks 11th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Oecd Members, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14.68 years | — |
| 2000 | 14.66 years | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 14.81 years | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 14.96 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 15.14 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 15.21 years | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 15.38 years | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 15.45 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 15.56 years | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 15.66 years | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 15.83 years | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 16.06 years | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 16.13 years | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 16.22 years | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 16.55 years | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 16.62 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 16.71 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 16.82 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 16.87 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 16.9 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 16.97 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 16.99 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 17.09 years | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 17.04 years | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 17.08 years | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 17.11 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.68 years | 14.68 years | 14.68 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 15.27 years | 14.66 years | 15.83 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.58 years | 16.06 years | 16.97 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.06 years | 16.99 years | 17.11 years | 5 |
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More education data for WB: Oecd Members
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 57.13 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 17.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 59.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 37.11 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 46.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 27.56 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 26.18 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Oecd Members?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in WB: Oecd Members was 17.11 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Oecd Members?
- The highest recorded value was 17.11 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in WB: Oecd Members?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.66 years in 2000.
- How does WB: Oecd Members rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- WB: Oecd Members ranks 11th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in WB: Oecd Members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Oecd Members 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