School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 7.86 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) recorded 7.86 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) peaked at 7.9 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.38 years, in 2004.
That places ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.41 years | — |
| 2000 | 7.41 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 7.51 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 7.54 years | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 7.54 years | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 7.38 years | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 7.46 years | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 7.5 years | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 7.5 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.57 years | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 7.59 years | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 7.65 years | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 7.68 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 7.65 years | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 7.78 years | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 7.74 years | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 7.73 years | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 7.69 years | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 7.69 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 7.71 years | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 7.68 years | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 7.89 years | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 7.9 years | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 7.89 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 7.86 years | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 7.86 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.41 years | 7.41 years | 7.41 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.5 years | 7.38 years | 7.59 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7 years | 7.65 years | 7.78 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.88 years | 7.86 years | 7.9 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
More education data for ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 37.39 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 71.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 18.22 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 25.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 19.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 13.61 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 7.98 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 16.46 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 8.48 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) was 7.86 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.38 years in 2004.
- How does ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) ranks 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 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