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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 7.93 years
- UNICEF: Western Europe 7.89 years
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 7.86 years
- WB: European Union 7.86 years
- WB: Euro Area 7.84 years
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 7.83 years
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 7.67 years
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 7.67 years
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 7.65 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 7.43 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 7.43 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 7.39 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release