School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
214
Highest
11.11 years
Monaco
Lowest
0.2678 years
Somalia
Median
5.65 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
16,501
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 11.11 years in Monaco; the lowest is 0.2678 years in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.65 years, and the mean is 5.49 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41.
Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 158.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 44.8%).
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years) (life both): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 11.11 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 10.42 years | 2023 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Turkey | 9.46 years | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.4 years | 1997 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 8.91 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 6 | Poland | 8.67 years | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 7 | Belgium | 8.46 years | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 8 | Hungary | 8.46 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Croatia | 8.4 years | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 10 | Slovakia | 8.39 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 11 | Lithuania | 8.36 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 12 | Finland | 8.3 years | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 8.17 years | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 8.17 years | 2024 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 8.04 years | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Austria | 7.94 years | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | New Zealand | 7.93 years | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 18 | Guadeloupe | 7.92 years | 1995 | — | rising |
| 19 | Moldova | 7.91 years | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands | 7.89 years | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 7.85 years | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 7.79 years | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 7.76 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 7.66 years | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 25 | Slovenia | 7.58 years | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 7.57 years | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 27 | Algeria | 7.56 years | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 28 | Albania | 7.55 years | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 7.52 years | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 30 | Montenegro | 7.5 years | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 7.49 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | Oman | 7.44 years | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Denmark | 7.38 years | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 34 | Iceland | 7.35 years | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 35 | United States Virgin Islands | 7.3 years | 1997 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 36 | France | 7.3 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 37 | Armenia | 7.27 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 38 | Brazil | 7.24 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 39 | Martinique | 7.22 years | 1996 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 7.22 years | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 7.21 years | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 7.21 years | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.18 years | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 7.16 years | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 7.13 years | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 46 | Malta | 7.1 years | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 47 | Palestine | 7.09 years | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 7.06 years | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 49 | Switzerland | 7.05 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 7.04 years | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.03 years | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 52 | Norway | 6.94 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 53 | Cook Islands | 6.92 years | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 6.88 years | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 55 | Fiji | 6.87 years | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 6.87 years | 2025 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 57 | Mongolia | 6.85 years | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 58 | Belarus | 6.7 years | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 59 | Kuwait | 6.68 years | 2015 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 60 | Ireland | 6.59 years | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 6.59 years | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 6.58 years | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 6.58 years | 1997 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 64 | Hong Kong | 6.55 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 65 | Vietnam | 6.54 years | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 66 | Estonia | 6.53 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 67 | Romania | 6.52 years | 2023 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 68 | Niue | 6.48 years | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 69 | Tonga | 6.45 years | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 70 | Gambia | 6.42 years | 2021 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Brunei | 6.4 years | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 72 | Russia | 6.4 years | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.4 years | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 74 | Cyprus | 6.38 years | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 75 | Kiribati | 6.36 years | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Aruba | 6.35 years | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 77 | French Guiana | 6.33 years | 1997 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 6.32 years | 2016 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 79 | Greece | 6.32 years | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 6.31 years | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 81 | Nepal | 6.31 years | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Mauritius | 6.29 years | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 6.24 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 84 | Canada | 6.17 years | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 85 | Samoa | 6.15 years | 2016 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 86 | Tuvalu | 6.12 years | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 6.12 years | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 88 | Andorra | 6.11 years | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 89 | Japan | 6.09 years | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 6.09 years | 2013 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 91 | Georgia | 6.07 years | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 92 | Ukraine | 6.07 years | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 93 | Colombia | 6.06 years | 2022 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 6.06 years | 2023 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.02 years | 2024 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 6 years | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 years | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 98 | Israel | 5.93 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 99 | Bahrain | 5.92 years | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 5.92 years | 2022 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Libya | 5.86 years | 2006 | — | rising |
| 102 | United States | 5.84 years | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 103 | Indonesia | 5.83 years | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 104 | Qatar | 5.81 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 105 | South Korea | 5.78 years | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 106 | Palau | 5.77 years | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 107 | Nauru | 5.68 years | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 108 | Ecuador | 5.62 years | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 109 | India | 5.59 years | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 110 | Macao | 5.59 years | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 111 | China | 5.54 years | 2012 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 112 | Thailand | 5.51 years | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Jordan | 5.49 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.48 years | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 115 | Bolivia | 5.47 years | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 116 | Morocco | 5.47 years | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 117 | Cuba | 5.46 years | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 118 | Gibraltar | 5.45 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 119 | Peru | 5.42 years | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.38 years | 2017 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 121 | Suriname | 5.33 years | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 122 | Montserrat | 5.26 years | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 123 | South Africa | 5.26 years | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 124 | Micronesia (country) | 5.24 years | 2005 | — | falling |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 5.23 years | 1993 | — | rising |
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 5.21 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 127 | Bermuda | 5.21 years | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 128 | Gabon | 5.21 years | 2019 | — | rising |
| 129 | East Timor | 5.2 years | 2020 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 130 | Belize | 5.19 years | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 5.16 years | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 132 | Dominica | 5.14 years | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 133 | Barbados | 5.13 years | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 134 | Iran | 5.09 years | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 135 | Egypt | 5.08 years | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 136 | Cayman Islands | 5.08 years | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 137 | Grenada | 5.06 years | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 138 | Bhutan | 5.05 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 years | 2024 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Seychelles | 4.92 years | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 4.91 years | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 142 | Kenya | 4.9 years | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 143 | Venezuela | 4.89 years | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 144 | Paraguay | 4.87 years | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 145 | Maldives | 4.83 years | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 146 | San Marino | 4.82 years | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 147 | Malaysia | 4.79 years | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.79 years | 2024 | — | rising |
| 149 | Bahamas | 4.73 years | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 150 | British Virgin Islands | 4.63 years | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 151 | Myanmar | 4.62 years | 2018 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 152 | Panama | 4.62 years | 2017 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 153 | Dominican Republic | 4.58 years | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 154 | Ghana | 4.57 years | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 155 | Guyana | 4.56 years | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 4.51 years | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 157 | Iraq | 4.5 years | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 158 | Togo | 4.45 years | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 4.4 years | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 160 | Anguilla | 4.39 years | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 161 | Eswatini | 4.28 years | 2016 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 162 | Saint Helena | 4.24 years | 1997 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 163 | Namibia | 4.2 years | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 164 | Jamaica | 4.14 years | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 165 | Singapore | 4.12 years | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 166 | Comoros | 3.94 years | 2022 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 167 | El Salvador | 3.93 years | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 168 | Lebanon | 3.82 years | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 3.61 years | 2012 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 3.58 years | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Tokelau | 3.56 years | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 172 | Nicaragua | 3.55 years | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 173 | Laos | 3.54 years | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Congo | 3.54 years | 2012 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 175 | Botswana | 3.53 years | 2021 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Cambodia | 3.46 years | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 177 | Pakistan | 3.42 years | 2024 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.33 years | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 179 | Angola | 3.22 years | 2023 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Cameroon | 3.21 years | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 3.19 years | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Zimbabwe | 3.19 years | 2013 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Eritrea | 3.18 years | 2022 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 184 | Senegal | 3.09 years | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Benin | 3.05 years | 2022 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Djibouti | 3.03 years | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Rwanda | 3.02 years | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Zambia | 3 years | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Guatemala | 2.98 years | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 190 | Lesotho | 2.97 years | 2017 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 191 | Haiti | 2.91 years | 2020 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Nigeria | 2.81 years | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 193 | Honduras | 2.76 years | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 194 | Guinea | 2.75 years | 2014 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Yemen | 2.63 years | 2016 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 196 | Mauritania | 2.59 years | 2020 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 197 | Liberia | 2.58 years | 2020 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 198 | Madagascar | 2.45 years | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 199 | Mali | 2.34 years | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Syria | 2.33 years | 2024 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 201 | Malawi | 2.3 years | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 202 | Burkina Faso | 2.21 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 203 | Sudan | 2.18 years | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 204 | Ethiopia | 2.05 years | 2015 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 205 | Mozambique | 1.96 years | 2017 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 206 | Burundi | 1.79 years | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.72 years | 2006 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 208 | Tanzania | 1.69 years | 2021 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Chad | 1.67 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 210 | Uganda | 1.5 years | 2007 | up 145.1% | volatile |
| 211 | Niger | 1.39 years | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 212 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.28 years | 2005 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 1.13 years | 2017 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 214 | Somalia | 0.2678 years | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 7.94 years
- UNICEF: Western Europe 7.87 years
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 7.85 years
- WB: European Union 7.85 years
- WB: Euro Area 7.83 years
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 7.83 years
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 7.8 years
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 7.65 years
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 7.55 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 7.48 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 7.47 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 7.47 years
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 7.45 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 7.44 years
- SDG: Europe 7.36 years
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 7.33 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 7.21 years
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 7.12 years
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 7.12 years
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 7.12 years
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 7.12 years
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 7.1 years
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 7 years
- WB: Oecd Members 6.89 years
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 6.87 years
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 6.84 years
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 6.82 years
- MDG: Developed Regions 6.8 years
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 6.77 years
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 6.74 years
- AIMS: Central Asia 6.73 years
- SDG: Central Asia 6.73 years
- UIS: Central Asia 6.72 years
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 6.71 years
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 6.6 years
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 6.56 years
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 6.55 years
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 6.51 years
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 6.5 years
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 6.5 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release