School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 6.26 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 6.26 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 6.26 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.84 years, in 1999.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 46th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.84 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.89 years | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 2.96 years | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 3.06 years | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 3.14 years | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 3.21 years | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 3.27 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 3.34 years | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 3.39 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3.45 years | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 3.52 years | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 3.6 years | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 3.63 years | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 5.81 years | +60.0% |
| 2013 | 6.09 years | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 6.11 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 6.12 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 6.18 years | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 6.18 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6.23 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 6.22 years | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 6.21 years | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 6.24 years | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 6.19 years | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 6.26 years | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 6.26 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.84 years | 2.84 years | 2.84 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.22 years | 2.89 years | 3.52 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.62 years | 3.6 years | 6.23 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.23 years | 6.19 years | 6.26 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 6.26 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.26 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.84 years in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 46th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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