School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union

WB: European Union: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 7.86 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
7.86 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
3rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
7.9 years
in 2021
All-time low
7.38 years
in 2004
Years of data
26
1999–2024

School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union, 1999–2024

024681999201120241999: 7.4 years2000: 7.4 years2001: 7.5 years2002: 7.5 years2003: 7.5 years2004: 7.4 years2005: 7.5 years2006: 7.5 years2007: 7.5 years2008: 7.6 years2009: 7.6 years2010: 7.7 years2011: 7.7 years2012: 7.6 years2013: 7.8 years2014: 7.7 years2015: 7.7 years2016: 7.7 years2017: 7.7 years2018: 7.7 years2019: 7.7 years2020: 7.9 years2021: 7.9 years2022: 7.9 years2023: 7.9 years2024: 7.9 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union is 7.86 years, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union peaked at 7.9 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.38 years, in 2004.

WB: European Union ranks 3rd of 221 groups on this measure, 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 WB: European Union, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) in WB: European Union, 1999 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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 WB: European Union

  1. 1 Monaco 11.18 years compare
  2. 2 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.33 years
  3. 3 Vanuatu 10.13 years compare
  4. 4 Türkiye 9.34 years compare
  5. 5 Suriname 9.24 years compare
  6. 6 Belgium 8.97 years compare

See the full ranking of 434 places →

More education data for WB: European Union

All data for WB: European Union →

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union?
School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union was 7.86 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: European Union?
The highest recorded value was 7.9 years in 2021.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: European Union?
The lowest recorded value was 7.38 years in 2004.
How does WB: European Union rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
WB: European Union ranks 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in WB: European Union?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: European Union 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-life-expectancy-secondary-female-years-2/wb-european-union/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-life-expectancy-secondary-female-years-2/wb-european-union/">School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: European Union</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,675 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release