School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 2.62 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) is 2.62 years, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) peaked at 2.84 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.04 years, in 1971.
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 201st of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.04 years | — |
| 1971 | 1.04 years | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 1.04 years | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1.04 years | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 1.05 years | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 1.07 years | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1.09 years | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 1.11 years | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 1.13 years | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 1.15 years | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 1.33 years | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 1.54 years | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 1.76 years | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 1.98 years | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 2.2 years | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 2.04 years | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 1.87 years | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 1.69 years | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 1.52 years | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 1.47 years | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 1.45 years | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 1.46 years | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 1.48 years | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1.5 years | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 1.51 years | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1.54 years | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1.57 years | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 1.6 years | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 1.62 years | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.65 years | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.67 years | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.68 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.71 years | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 1.74 years | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 1.76 years | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1.77 years | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.88 years | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 2.07 years | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 2.2 years | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 2.27 years | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 2.41 years | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 2.58 years | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 2.72 years | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 2.76 years | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 2.81 years | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 2.83 years | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2.84 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2.76 years | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 2.73 years | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 2.63 years | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 2.62 years | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.08 years | 1.04 years | 1.15 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.74 years | 1.33 years | 2.2 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.54 years | 1.45 years | 1.65 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.88 years | 1.67 years | 2.27 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.71 years | 2.41 years | 2.84 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.62 years | 2.62 years | 2.62 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
More education data for ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.2% (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 917,273 (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.9% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 888,344 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.13 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 154,475 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.79 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.19 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.09 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) was 2.62 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.84 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.04 years in 1971.
- How does ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 201st out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release