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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
178
Highest
20.71 years
Greece
Lowest
4.62 years
Djibouti
Median
13.43 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
12,739

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 20.71 years in Greece; the lowest is 4.62 years in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.43 years, and the mean is 13.41 years.

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

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 84.7%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 27.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 20.71 years 2023 up 18.1% rising
2 Monaco 20 years 2024 down 0.8% flat
3 Australia 19.85 years 2024 down 13.4% falling
4 TΓΌrkiye 18.79 years 2023 up 9.6% rising
5 New Zealand 18.74 years 2024 up 2.6% flat
6 Hong Kong 18.71 years 2024 up 14.5% rising
7 Ireland 18.46 years 2022 up 1.6% rising
8 Finland 18.44 years 2024 down 0.1% rising
9 Netherlands 17.93 years 2023 up 0.0% rising
10 Fiji 17.92 years 2024 β€” rising
11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17.86 years 2015 up 24.2% rising
12 Belgium 17.85 years 2023 down 2.8% flat
13 Norway 17.6 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
14 Denmark 17.52 years 2024 down 5.0% rising
15 Grenada 17.32 years 2018 up 7.0% rising
16 Germany 17.21 years 2024 down 0.3% flat
17 Macao 17.2 years 2024 up 19.4% flat
18 Portugal 17.17 years 2023 up 6.4% rising
19 United Kingdom 17.16 years 2023 down 0.2% rising
20 Korea 17.1 years 2024 down 0.9% flat
21 Chile 17.08 years 2024 up 6.1% rising
22 Spain 17.08 years 2024 up 0.6% rising
23 Iceland 17.02 years 2023 down 8.5% rising
24 Sweden 16.96 years 2024 up 0.9% rising
25 Argentina 16.84 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
26 Albania 16.78 years 2024 up 8.2% rising
27 Saudi Arabia 16.75 years 2024 up 22.2% rising
28 Cyprus 16.66 years 2024 up 20.4% rising
29 Singapore 16.66 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
30 Slovenia 16.59 years 2023 down 2.2% rising
31 Liechtenstein 16.43 years 2021 up 0.2% rising
32 Switzerland 16.35 years 2024 up 1.7% rising
33 Uruguay 16.32 years 2023 β€” rising
34 Italy 16.3 years 2023 up 4.7% flat
35 Georgia 16.29 years 2023 up 7.8% rising
36 Poland 16.2 years 2024 up 5.0% rising
37 Tonga 16.01 years 2023 β€” rising
38 Moldova 15.83 years 2024 up 14.9% rising
39 Austria 15.66 years 2024 down 0.4% flat
40 Hungary 15.65 years 2024 up 2.7% flat
41 Czechia 15.65 years 2023 down 3.0% rising
42 Lithuania 15.56 years 2024 down 3.9% flat
43 France 15.55 years 2024 up 3.1% rising
44 Kazakhstan 15.54 years 2025 up 16.4% rising
45 Libya 15.54 years 2003 β€” rising
46 United Arab Emirates 15.48 years 2024 up 4.2% rising
47 Puerto Rico 15.47 years 2023 up 2.1% flat
48 Japan 15.43 years 2023 up 0.5% flat
49 Malta 15.4 years 2023 up 2.6% flat
50 Brazil 15.36 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
51 Croatia 15.33 years 2023 up 3.6% rising
52 Costa Rica 15.31 years 2019 up 14.1% rising
53 Latvia 15.19 years 2024 down 2.1% rising
54 United States 15.05 years 2022 down 4.8% rising
55 Algeria 14.98 years 2024 up 6.3% rising
56 Canada 14.94 years 2023 down 2.6% flat
57 Morocco 14.92 years 2024 up 24.5% rising
58 Bahrain 14.92 years 2024 up 8.3% rising
59 Montenegro 14.88 years 2023 down 0.5% rising
60 Vietnam 14.81 years 2022 up 6.7% rising
61 Estonia 14.79 years 2024 down 4.2% flat
62 Russia 14.78 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
63 Peru 14.78 years 2017 up 13.9% rising
64 Andorra 14.77 years 2024 up 31.2% rising
65 Antigua and Barbuda 14.74 years 2012 down 1.4% flat
66 Slovak Republic 14.7 years 2024 up 2.1% flat
67 Namibia 14.7 years 2022 up 4.7% rising
68 Israel 14.56 years 2024 down 2.6% flat
69 Ecuador 14.47 years 2023 up 2.1% flat
70 Mauritius 14.44 years 2024 down 0.9% rising
71 Luxembourg 14.31 years 2024 up 2.1% rising
72 Mexico 14.27 years 2024 up 2.1% rising
73 Ukraine 14.27 years 2024 down 3.0% rising
74 North Macedonia 14.25 years 2023 up 6.6% rising
75 Bulgaria 14.16 years 2024 down 7.3% rising
76 Serbia 14.08 years 2024 up 0.6% rising
77 Iran 14.04 years 2022 down 1.7% rising
78 Colombia 14.04 years 2022 up 1.0% rising
79 Thailand 13.99 years 2025 down 8.8% rising
80 Belarus 13.97 years 2024 down 7.9% flat
81 Paraguay 13.93 years 2011 up 11.9% rising
82 Mongolia 13.85 years 2023 down 3.0% rising
83 Indonesia 13.76 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
84 Tunisia 13.62 years 2016 up 0.7% rising
85 Armenia 13.62 years 2024 up 5.0% rising
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.5 years 2023 down 3.2% rising
87 South Africa 13.49 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
88 Uzbekistan 13.49 years 2024 up 14.5% rising
89 Nepal 13.44 years 2024 up 8.8% rising
90 Brunei 13.42 years 2023 down 3.4% rising
91 Togo 13.36 years 2017 up 18.3% rising
92 Philippines 13.35 years 2024 up 15.9% rising
93 Kuwait 13.34 years 2015 up 3.7% rising
94 Marshall Islands 13.3 years 2024 down 0.7% rising
95 Eswatini 13.3 years 2013 up 33.0% rising
96 Romania 13.29 years 2023 down 7.2% rising
97 Egypt 13.03 years 2024 up 13.3% rising
98 China (People's Republic of) 13.02 years 2012 up 10.6% rising
99 Azerbaijan 13.02 years 2024 up 2.8% rising
100 Afghanistan 12.98 years 2018 up 16.5% rising
101 Rwanda 12.96 years 2024 up 9.9% rising
102 Aruba 12.96 years 2024 down 13.2% flat
103 Kyrgyzstan 12.92 years 2025 up 4.2% flat
104 India 12.88 years 2025 up 6.9% rising
105 Jordan 12.85 years 2024 up 2.9% rising
106 Bhutan 12.85 years 2024 up 7.7% rising
107 Venezuela 12.82 years 2008 up 29.5% rising
108 Cuba 12.76 years 2024 down 5.4% rising
109 Dominican Republic 12.68 years 2024 down 4.6% falling
110 Barbados 12.67 years 2024 down 12.2% rising
111 Cape Verde 12.64 years 2018 up 7.8% rising
112 Oman 12.58 years 2024 down 8.0% rising
113 Qatar 12.47 years 2024 up 4.5% rising
114 Sao Tome and Principe 12.43 years 2015 up 21.7% rising
115 Panama 12.4 years 2016 up 1.0% rising
116 San Marino 12.38 years 2024 down 0.1% falling
117 Turkmenistan 12.29 years 2024 up 5.9% rising
118 Palestine 12.28 years 2023 down 4.0% rising
119 Sri Lanka 12.17 years 2023 down 6.3% rising
120 Saint Lucia 12.06 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
121 Seychelles 11.99 years 2024 down 22.7% flat
122 Kenya 11.96 years 2023 up 9.3% rising
123 Liberia 11.96 years 2000 β€” rising
124 Cote d'Ivoire 11.96 years 2024 up 34.9% rising
125 Tajikistan 11.94 years 2013 up 1.1% rising
126 British Virgin Islands 11.93 years 2024 down 13.1% falling
127 Botswana 11.89 years 2021 down 4.4% rising
128 Belize 11.89 years 2024 down 5.2% flat
129 Gabon 11.82 years 1999 up 4.3% rising
130 Samoa 11.71 years 2000 β€” rising
131 Malaysia 11.71 years 2024 down 3.4% rising
132 Ghana 11.68 years 2024 up 4.9% rising
133 Jamaica 11.67 years 2015 up 10.2% rising
134 Nicaragua 11.61 years 2023 β€” rising
135 Trinidad and Tobago 11.58 years 2004 up 6.6% rising
136 Cameroon 11.52 years 2023 down 7.1% rising
137 Guyana 11.22 years 2024 down 5.2% rising
138 Myanmar 11.21 years 2018 up 37.8% rising
139 Uganda 11.11 years 2004 up 84.7% rising
140 Bermuda 11.08 years 2023 down 10.4% falling
141 Mozambique 10.89 years 2017 up 9.7% rising
142 Zimbabwe 10.87 years 2013 up 2.7% falling
143 Cambodia 10.81 years 2023 up 12.8% rising
144 Iraq 10.79 years 2004 down 2.4% flat
145 Benin 10.66 years 2022 down 11.8% rising
146 Vanuatu 10.66 years 2004 up 12.4% rising
147 Lesotho 10.61 years 2017 down 3.0% rising
148 Congo 10.61 years 2012 up 12.2% falling
149 Bangladesh 10.56 years 2024 down 3.1% rising
150 El Salvador 10.56 years 2024 down 14.0% rising
151 Lebanon 10.55 years 2019 down 5.0% rising
152 Guatemala 10.44 years 2023 down 5.6% rising
153 Suriname 10.42 years 2021 β€” falling
154 Guinea 10.27 years 2014 up 29.2% rising
155 Malawi 9.94 years 2021 down 8.6% rising
156 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.87 years 2013 up 16.4% rising
157 Laos 9.25 years 2023 down 17.4% rising
158 Yemen 9 years 2011 down 1.1% falling
159 Madagascar 8.96 years 2019 down 7.1% rising
160 Mauritania 8.84 years 2020 up 10.5% rising
161 Zambia 8.73 years 1988 up 7.3% rising
162 Tanzania 8.65 years 2021 down 6.7% rising
163 Nigeria 8.63 years 2011 up 5.1% rising
164 Eritrea 8.48 years 2015 down 22.0% rising
165 Chad 8.48 years 2015 up 25.9% rising
166 Ethiopia 8.46 years 2012 up 40.8% rising
167 Syria 8.38 years 2013 down 19.3% flat
168 Honduras 8.35 years 2024 down 8.5% rising
169 Pakistan 8.34 years 2024 up 21.4% rising
170 Senegal 8.14 years 2023 down 9.6% rising
171 Burundi 8.02 years 2025 down 27.0% volatile
172 Sierra Leone 7.61 years 2001 β€” rising
173 Mali 7.56 years 2017 down 0.2% rising
174 Central African Republic 7.45 years 2012 β€” rising
175 Niger 7.39 years 2017 up 65.5% volatile
176 Sudan 7.32 years 2015 up 16.8% rising
177 Burkina Faso 7.29 years 2024 down 8.6% volatile
178 Djibouti 4.62 years 2004 up 31.6% 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, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,739 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release