School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 6.21 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) is 6.21 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 6.21 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.94 years, in 1999.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 47th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.94 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.99 years | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 3.07 years | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 3.18 years | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 3.25 years | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 3.32 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 3.38 years | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 3.45 years | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 3.49 years | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 3.55 years | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 3.61 years | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 3.69 years | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 3.72 years | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 5.73 years | +54.0% |
| 2013 | 6.02 years | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 6.04 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 6.04 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6.09 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 6.08 years | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 6.14 years | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 6.14 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 6.13 years | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 6.18 years | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 6.14 years | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 6.2 years | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 6.21 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.94 years | 2.94 years | 2.94 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.33 years | 2.99 years | 3.61 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.57 years | 3.69 years | 6.14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.17 years | 6.13 years | 6.21 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.52 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 30.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.10 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 6.21 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.21 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.94 years in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 47th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 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