School life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 6.19 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 6.19 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 6.19 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.97 years, in 1999.
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 50th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.97 years | — |
| 2000 | 3.02 years | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 5.72 years | +89.5% |
| 2013 | 6.01 years | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 6.03 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 6.03 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 6.07 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 6.07 years | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 6.12 years | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 6.13 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 6.12 years | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 6.16 years | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 6.12 years | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 6.19 years | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 6.19 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.97 years | 2.97 years | 2.97 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.02 years | 3.02 years | 3.02 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 6.02 years | 5.72 years | 6.13 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 6.16 years | 6.12 years | 6.19 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
- 47 Portugal 7.16 years compare
- 48 Kazakhstan 7.13 years compare
- 49 Tuvalu 7.12 years compare
- 50 Serbia 7.12 years compare
- 51 Cook Islands 7.09 years compare
- 52 United States Virgin Islands 7.09 years
- 53 Argentina 7.06 years compare
More education data for SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean was 6.19 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 6.19 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.97 years in 1999.
- How does SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 50th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 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