School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
208
Highest
11.18 years
Monaco
Lowest
0.2207 years
Somalia
Median
5.72 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,675

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 11.18 years in Monaco; the lowest is 0.2207 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.72 years, and the mean is 5.58 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 275.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 35.2%).

School life expectancy, secondary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 11.18 years 2024 up 5.1% rising
2 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.33 years 1997 up 30.9% rising
3 Vanuatu 10.13 years 2023 up 155.4% volatile
3 Montserrat 5.6 years 2023 down 1.5% rising
4 Türkiye 9.34 years 2023 up 15.2% volatile
5 Suriname 9.24 years 2023 up 59.6% rising
6 Belgium 8.97 years 2023 down 7.8% flat
7 Finland 8.77 years 2024 down 1.1% rising
8 Germany 8.71 years 2024 down 2.3% flat
9 Croatia 8.69 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
10 Poland 8.6 years 2024 up 36.1% rising
11 Slovak Republic 8.45 years 2024 up 2.2% flat
12 Hungary 8.41 years 2024 up 0.4% rising
13 Lithuania 8.28 years 2024 down 1.1% flat
14 Guadeloupe 8.26 years 1995 rising
15 Sweden 8.24 years 2024 up 2.2% rising
16 New Zealand 8.17 years 2024 down 2.1% falling
17 Netherlands 8.03 years 2023 up 4.9% rising
18 Italy 8.02 years 2023 up 0.0% flat
19 United Arab Emirates 8 years 2024 up 50.7% rising
20 Moldova 7.9 years 2024 up 8.2% rising
21 Austria 7.89 years 2024 up 0.8% flat
22 Czechia 7.86 years 2023 down 4.7% rising
23 United Kingdom 7.84 years 2023 down 9.8% rising
24 Slovenia 7.67 years 2023 down 0.7% falling
25 Algeria 7.63 years 2024 up 2.1% volatile
26 Montenegro 7.6 years 2023 up 2.3% flat
27 Uruguay 7.58 years 2023 up 17.1% rising
28 Luxembourg 7.56 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
29 Liechtenstein 7.56 years 2021 up 6.9% rising
30 Turkmenistan 7.54 years 2024 up 11.0% rising
31 Bulgaria 7.49 years 2024 down 5.4% rising
32 Australia 7.47 years 2024 down 10.0% falling
33 Martinique 7.46 years 1996 up 5.8% flat
34 Albania 7.43 years 2024 up 7.7% rising
35 Oman 7.36 years 2024 up 11.4% volatile
36 Palestine 7.36 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
37 France 7.33 years 2024 up 0.2% flat
38 Denmark 7.33 years 2024 down 8.9% flat
39 Brazil 7.31 years 2024 down 0.8% flat
40 Sri Lanka 7.24 years 2023 down 7.6% rising
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.23 years 2023 down 6.3% flat
42 Iceland 7.23 years 2023 down 16.0% rising
43 North Macedonia 7.21 years 2023 up 8.6% rising
44 Armenia 7.21 years 2024 up 4.2% rising
45 Spain 7.17 years 2024 down 1.3% rising
46 Malta 7.16 years 2023 up 4.5% rising
47 Portugal 7.16 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
48 Kazakhstan 7.13 years 2025 up 4.0% rising
49 Tuvalu 7.12 years 2024 up 16.5% rising
50 Serbia 7.12 years 2024 down 7.3% flat
51 United States Virgin Islands 7.09 years 1997 up 8.2% rising
52 Argentina 7.06 years 2023 up 7.4% rising
53 Mongolia 7.05 years 2023 up 17.7% rising
54 Kuwait 6.99 years 2015 down 11.6% rising
55 Gambia 6.98 years 2021 up 161.0% volatile
56 Switzerland 6.97 years 2024 up 0.5% rising
57 Fiji 6.95 years 2024 up 10.2% rising
58 New Caledonia 6.93 years 1997 up 27.5% rising
59 Norway 6.88 years 2024 up 3.5% flat
60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.88 years 2023 up 6.3% rising
61 Ireland 6.84 years 2022 up 15.3% rising
62 Uzbekistan 6.82 years 2025 down 7.5% rising
63 Tonga 6.72 years 2024 down 5.7% rising
64 Belarus 6.72 years 2024 down 6.0% rising
65 Tunisia 6.68 years 2016 up 6.0% volatile
66 Saudi Arabia 6.68 years 2024 up 12.7% rising
67 Kiribati 6.67 years 2024 volatile
68 Estonia 6.66 years 2024 up 5.9% rising
69 Mexico 6.64 years 2024 up 8.7% rising
70 Romania 6.54 years 2023 down 14.0% flat
71 Aruba 6.53 years 2024 down 11.7% rising
72 Kyrgyzstan 6.52 years 2025 up 5.0% falling
73 Brunei 6.51 years 2023 down 12.2% rising
74 French Guiana 6.49 years 1997 up 11.8% rising
75 Azerbaijan 6.48 years 2024 down 7.1% flat
76 Mauritius 6.48 years 2024 down 5.5% rising
77 Hong Kong (China) 6.45 years 2024 up 3.3% rising
78 Samoa 6.42 years 2016 up 6.0% rising
79 Cyprus 6.39 years 2024 up 8.8% rising
80 Cape Verde 6.39 years 2022 up 7.7% rising
81 Sierra Leone 6.39 years 2023 up 148.7% volatile
82 Libya 6.34 years 2006 volatile
83 Viet Nam 6.33 years 2022 up 7.6% rising
84 Russia 6.33 years 2023 down 4.7% flat
85 Nepal 6.31 years 2024 up 29.6% volatile
86 Greece 6.25 years 2023 down 0.5% rising
87 Chile 6.23 years 2024 up 4.5% rising
88 Costa Rica 6.2 years 2024 up 8.1% rising
89 Canada 6.17 years 2023 down 6.6% rising
90 Colombia 6.17 years 2022 up 0.6% rising
91 Latvia 6.17 years 2024 down 4.7% falling
92 Andorra 6.11 years 2024 up 12.0% rising
93 Japan 6.1 years 2023 up 0.3% flat
94 Ukraine 6.08 years 2024 down 10.2% falling
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.05 years 2024 up 6.6% rising
96 Israel 5.94 years 2024 down 0.4% flat
97 United States 5.91 years 2022 up 2.4% rising
98 Qatar 5.89 years 2024 up 2.5% rising
99 Bahrain 5.87 years 2024 down 6.4% rising
100 Georgia 5.87 years 2024 down 5.1% rising
101 Nauru 5.85 years 2025 up 15.5% rising
102 French Polynesia 5.84 years 1993 rising
103 Korea 5.75 years 2024 down 2.3% flat
104 Indonesia 5.72 years 2025 up 7.3% volatile
105 Palau 5.71 years 2024 down 14.3% falling
106 Ecuador 5.7 years 2023 down 8.5% rising
107 Thailand 5.69 years 2025 down 20.0% volatile
108 India 5.69 years 2025 up 9.3% volatile
109 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.67 years 2024 up 61.3% rising
110 Sao Tome and Principe 5.67 years 2017 up 134.1% rising
111 China (People's Republic of) 5.62 years 2012 up 56.0% rising
112 Bermuda 5.6 years 2023 down 13.6% rising
113 Macau (China) 5.58 years 2024 down 3.2% flat
114 Gibraltar 5.57 years 2024 up 6.4% rising
115 Jordan 5.56 years 2024 up 0.9% rising
116 Tajikistan 5.54 years 2013 up 17.3% rising
117 Marshall Islands 5.54 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
118 Morocco 5.53 years 2024 up 45.2% volatile
119 Cuba 5.51 years 2024 down 5.4% rising
120 Bhutan 5.5 years 2024 down 0.0% volatile
121 Antigua and Barbuda 5.49 years 2023 down 12.9% rising
122 East Timor 5.46 years 2020 up 26.4% rising
123 Peru 5.45 years 2024 up 12.0% rising
124 Bolivia 5.45 years 2024 down 1.3% rising
125 South Africa 5.41 years 2023 up 13.4% rising
126 Gabon 5.34 years 2019 volatile
127 Micronesia (country) 5.28 years 2005 falling
128 Belize 5.25 years 2024 up 5.5% rising
129 Barbados 5.22 years 2024 down 4.7% flat
130 Philippines 5.2 years 2024 up 51.1% rising
131 Maldives 5.19 years 2023 up 38.8% rising
132 Iran 5.16 years 2023 up 9.2% rising
133 Venezuela 5.12 years 2024 up 7.3% rising
134 Grenada 5.11 years 2024 down 4.6% rising
135 Cayman Islands 5.06 years 2024 down 7.5% rising
136 Seychelles 5.06 years 2024 down 21.2% rising
137 Egypt 5.02 years 2024 up 14.5% rising
138 Puerto Rico 5 years 2024 down 9.9% rising
139 Paraguay 4.98 years 2024 down 4.5% rising
140 Bangladesh 4.96 years 2024 up 25.0% volatile
141 Côte d’Ivoire 4.93 years 2024 up 118.9% volatile
142 Trinidad and Tobago 4.93 years 2024 rising
143 Myanmar 4.91 years 2018 up 69.3% rising
144 Kenya 4.89 years 2023 up 17.5% rising
145 Malaysia 4.88 years 2024 down 8.4% rising
146 Dominica 4.85 years 2023 down 2.9% rising
147 Dominican Republic 4.83 years 2024 down 4.6% rising
148 Bahamas 4.81 years 2024 down 13.2% falling
149 Panama 4.77 years 2017 up 13.1% rising
150 San Marino 4.7 years 2024 down 6.2% rising
151 Ghana 4.62 years 2024 up 23.6% rising
152 Guyana 4.59 years 2024 down 12.0% rising
153 Saint Lucia 4.59 years 2024 down 0.1% rising
154 British Virgin Islands 4.52 years 2024 down 8.7% rising
155 Namibia 4.4 years 2024 up 10.0% rising
156 Iraq 4.32 years 2023 up 72.5% rising
157 Eswatini 4.29 years 2016 up 56.6% rising
158 Jamaica 4.19 years 2024 down 5.3% flat
159 Togo 4.11 years 2023 up 13.0% volatile
160 Singapore 4.11 years 2023 down 3.9% rising
161 El Salvador 4.11 years 2024 down 9.2% rising
162 Lebanon 4.05 years 2024 up 8.7% rising
163 Comoros 4.04 years 2022 down 7.4% volatile
164 Cambodia 3.75 years 2024 up 22.9% volatile
165 Botswana 3.7 years 2021 down 8.6% volatile
166 Nicaragua 3.57 years 2023 down 5.6% rising
167 Senegal 3.52 years 2023 up 4.0% volatile
168 Laos 3.51 years 2025 down 16.2% volatile
169 Solomon Islands 3.47 years 2012 up 82.3% volatile
170 Lesotho 3.41 years 2017 up 45.2% rising
171 Pakistan 3.3 years 2024 up 66.2% volatile
172 Congo 3.28 years 2012 up 48.7% rising
173 Rwanda 3.27 years 2024 up 29.1% volatile
174 Zambia 3.11 years 2024 volatile
175 Zimbabwe 3.06 years 2013 up 39.5% volatile
176 Cameroon 3.02 years 2023 down 15.8% volatile
177 Honduras 3 years 2024 down 7.3% rising
178 Angola 3 years 2023 up 123.2% volatile
179 Papua New Guinea 2.93 years 2023 up 49.6% volatile
180 Guatemala 2.92 years 2024 down 6.2% volatile
181 Eritrea 2.9 years 2022 down 11.2% rising
182 Nigeria 2.84 years 2023 down 6.7% volatile
183 Djibouti 2.81 years 2023 volatile
184 Benin 2.79 years 2022 up 13.3% volatile
185 Afghanistan 2.71 years 2023 up 14.7% volatile
186 Mauritania 2.6 years 2020 up 102.9% volatile
187 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.58 years 2021 up 38.6% volatile
188 Madagascar 2.52 years 2021 up 7.0% rising
189 Syria 2.52 years 2024 down 32.9% rising
190 Liberia 2.52 years 2020 up 8.0% volatile
191 Burkina Faso 2.44 years 2024 up 27.1% volatile
192 Malawi 2.33 years 2023 up 9.0% volatile
193 Sudan 2.24 years 2019 up 23.3% rising
194 Mali 2.23 years 2023 up 9.3% volatile
195 Yemen 2.21 years 2016 up 39.0% rising
196 Guinea 2.17 years 2014 up 97.6% volatile
197 Burundi 2.02 years 2025 down 35.2% volatile
198 Ethiopia 2.01 years 2015 up 84.5% volatile
199 Mozambique 1.85 years 2017 up 131.7% volatile
200 Tanzania 1.75 years 2021 up 2.1% volatile
201 Chad 1.38 years 2024 up 37.6% volatile
202 Niger 1.37 years 2024 up 22.5% volatile
203 Uganda 1.32 years 2007 up 178.1% volatile
204 Equatorial Guinea 1.11 years 2005 up 0.5% rising
205 Central African Republic 0.9041 years 2017 up 42.6% volatile
206 Guinea-Bissau 0.6937 years 2000 up 275.9% volatile
207 Somalia 0.2207 years 2023 volatile

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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, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,675 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release