School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay
Uruguay: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 7.58 years in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 7.58 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay peaked at 7.58 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.67 years, in 1979.
Uruguay ranks 27th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.87 years | 3.67 years | 4.13 years | 6 |
| 1990s | 5.84 years | 5.4 years | 6.29 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 6.35 years | 5.57 years | 7.08 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.14 years | 6.47 years | 7.47 years | 4 |
| 2020s | 7.49 years | 7.32 years | 7.58 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 24 Slovenia 7.67 years compare
- 25 Algeria 7.63 years compare
- 26 Montenegro 7.6 years compare
- 28 Luxembourg 7.56 years compare
- 29 Liechtenstein 7.56 years compare
- 30 Turkmenistan 7.54 years compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 18,882 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.4 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay was 7.58 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7.58 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.67 years in 1979.
- How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- Uruguay ranks 27th out of 207 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release