School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 14.42 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 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 14.42 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 14.42 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.74 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 61st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8.74 years | — |
| 2000 | 8.79 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 8.91 years | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 9.03 years | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 9.08 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 9.18 years | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 9.33 years | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 9.49 years | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 9.68 years | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 9.83 years | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 10.02 years | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.2 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 10.33 years | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 13.66 years | +32.3% |
| 2013 | 14.17 years | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 14.24 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 14.26 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 14.37 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 14.37 years | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 14.41 years | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 14.42 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 14.4 years | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 14.34 years | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 14.32 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 14.42 years | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 14.42 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.74 years | 8.74 years | 8.74 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.34 years | 8.79 years | 10.02 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.44 years | 10.2 years | 14.42 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.38 years | 14.32 years | 14.42 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) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.17 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, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 6.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 14.42 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.42 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.74 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 61st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release