School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
213
Highest
11.02 years
Monaco
Lowest
0.3137 years
Somalia
Median
5.5 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,674
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 11.02 years in Monaco; the lowest is 0.3137 years in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.5 years, and the mean is 5.45 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 211.3%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 53.6%).
School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 11.02 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 10.69 years | 2023 | up 159.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Turkey | 9.58 years | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 9.1 years | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 8.77 years | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 8.74 years | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 7 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.54 years | 1997 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 8 | Hungary | 8.5 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 8.43 years | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 10 | Slovakia | 8.34 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 8.32 years | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 12 | Croatia | 8.13 years | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 8.06 years | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Austria | 7.99 years | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Belgium | 7.98 years | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 16 | Moldova | 7.92 years | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 7.86 years | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 7.84 years | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 7.83 years | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 20 | Netherlands | 7.75 years | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 7.73 years | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 22 | New Zealand | 7.69 years | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 23 | Albania | 7.69 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 7.64 years | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 25 | Guadeloupe | 7.58 years | 1995 | — | rising |
| 26 | United States Virgin Islands | 7.51 years | 1997 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 7.51 years | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 28 | Oman | 7.51 years | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.51 years | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia | 7.5 years | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 31 | Algeria | 7.5 years | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 32 | Iceland | 7.46 years | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 7.43 years | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 7.42 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 35 | Montenegro | 7.4 years | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Armenia | 7.33 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 7.32 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 38 | Sweden | 7.31 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 39 | France | 7.26 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 7.2 years | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 7.19 years | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 42 | Brazil | 7.16 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 7.12 years | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 7.1 years | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 45 | Niue | 7.05 years | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 46 | Malta | 7.05 years | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 47 | Norway | 7 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 48 | Martinique | 6.99 years | 1996 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 49 | Spain | 6.95 years | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 6.92 years | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 6.86 years | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 6.85 years | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.84 years | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 54 | Palestine | 6.82 years | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 55 | Fiji | 6.79 years | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 56 | Cook Islands | 6.75 years | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 57 | Vietnam | 6.75 years | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 6.7 years | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 6.68 years | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 60 | Belarus | 6.68 years | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 61 | Mongolia | 6.67 years | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 6.65 years | 2013 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 63 | Hong Kong | 6.65 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 6.51 years | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 6.51 years | 2023 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 66 | Russia | 6.47 years | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 67 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.42 years | 2024 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 68 | Estonia | 6.41 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 69 | Kuwait | 6.4 years | 2015 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 6.39 years | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 71 | Greece | 6.39 years | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 72 | Cyprus | 6.38 years | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 73 | Ireland | 6.33 years | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 74 | Brunei | 6.3 years | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 75 | Nepal | 6.3 years | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.27 years | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 77 | Georgia | 6.27 years | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 6.24 years | 1997 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 79 | Tonga | 6.2 years | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 80 | French Guiana | 6.18 years | 1997 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 81 | Aruba | 6.17 years | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 82 | Canada | 6.16 years | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 83 | Andorra | 6.12 years | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 84 | Mauritius | 6.12 years | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 85 | Japan | 6.09 years | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 86 | Latvia | 6.07 years | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 87 | Ukraine | 6.06 years | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 88 | Kiribati | 6.04 years | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Tunisia | 5.98 years | 2016 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 90 | Bahrain | 5.97 years | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 91 | Colombia | 5.95 years | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.95 years | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 93 | Indonesia | 5.94 years | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 94 | Israel | 5.93 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 95 | Samoa | 5.9 years | 2016 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 96 | Gambia | 5.87 years | 2021 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Mexico | 5.84 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 98 | Palau | 5.83 years | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 5.82 years | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 100 | South Korea | 5.8 years | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | United States | 5.77 years | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Qatar | 5.76 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 5.73 years | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Macao | 5.6 years | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 105 | Ecuador | 5.55 years | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 106 | Nauru | 5.52 years | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 107 | India | 5.5 years | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 108 | Bolivia | 5.49 years | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 5.49 years | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 110 | China | 5.47 years | 2012 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.46 years | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 112 | Dominica | 5.44 years | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 113 | Cuba | 5.42 years | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 114 | Jordan | 5.41 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 115 | Morocco | 5.41 years | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 116 | Libya | 5.4 years | 2006 | — | rising |
| 117 | Peru | 5.39 years | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 118 | Gibraltar | 5.34 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 119 | Thailand | 5.33 years | 2025 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 5.25 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 121 | Micronesia (country) | 5.19 years | 2005 | — | falling |
| 122 | Egypt | 5.14 years | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 123 | Belize | 5.13 years | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 124 | Philippines | 5.12 years | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 125 | Cayman Islands | 5.1 years | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 126 | South Africa | 5.1 years | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.09 years | 2017 | up 128.3% | rising |
| 128 | Gabon | 5.07 years | 2019 | — | rising |
| 129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.07 years | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 130 | Barbados | 5.03 years | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 131 | Iran | 5.03 years | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 132 | Montserrat | 5.02 years | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 133 | Grenada | 5.01 years | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 134 | East Timor | 4.96 years | 2020 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 135 | San Marino | 4.94 years | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 4.93 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 137 | Kenya | 4.92 years | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 138 | Bermuda | 4.85 years | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 4.82 years | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 140 | Seychelles | 4.8 years | 2024 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 141 | Togo | 4.79 years | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 142 | Paraguay | 4.76 years | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 143 | British Virgin Islands | 4.73 years | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 144 | Malaysia | 4.72 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 145 | Venezuela | 4.68 years | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 146 | Iraq | 4.68 years | 2023 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.65 years | 2024 | — | rising |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 4.65 years | 1993 | — | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 4.65 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahamas | 4.64 years | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 151 | Maldives | 4.53 years | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 152 | Guyana | 4.53 years | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 153 | Ghana | 4.52 years | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 154 | Panama | 4.48 years | 2017 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 155 | Anguilla | 4.46 years | 2022 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 156 | Afghanistan | 4.4 years | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Myanmar | 4.35 years | 2018 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 158 | Dominican Republic | 4.34 years | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Helena | 4.29 years | 1997 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 160 | Eswatini | 4.27 years | 2016 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 4.22 years | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 162 | Singapore | 4.14 years | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 4.11 years | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 164 | Jamaica | 4.09 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.07 years | 2021 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 166 | Namibia | 3.99 years | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 167 | Comoros | 3.85 years | 2022 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 168 | Suriname | 3.84 years | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 169 | Congo | 3.79 years | 2012 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 170 | El Salvador | 3.77 years | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 3.73 years | 2012 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Lebanon | 3.61 years | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 173 | Laos | 3.58 years | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 174 | Pakistan | 3.55 years | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 175 | Nicaragua | 3.52 years | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 176 | Eritrea | 3.46 years | 2022 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 177 | Tokelau | 3.46 years | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 178 | Angola | 3.44 years | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 3.43 years | 2023 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Cameroon | 3.39 years | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 181 | Botswana | 3.36 years | 2021 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Zimbabwe | 3.34 years | 2013 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Guinea | 3.32 years | 2014 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 184 | Benin | 3.29 years | 2022 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Djibouti | 3.24 years | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Cambodia | 3.19 years | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 187 | Guatemala | 3.04 years | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 188 | Yemen | 3.03 years | 2016 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 189 | Zambia | 2.89 years | 2024 | — | rising |
| 190 | Nigeria | 2.78 years | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 191 | Rwanda | 2.77 years | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Senegal | 2.69 years | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 193 | Liberia | 2.64 years | 2020 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 194 | Mauritania | 2.59 years | 2020 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 195 | Honduras | 2.54 years | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 196 | Lesotho | 2.53 years | 2017 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 197 | Mali | 2.44 years | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Madagascar | 2.38 years | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 199 | Malawi | 2.27 years | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 200 | Syria | 2.16 years | 2024 | down 43.1% | flat |
| 201 | Sudan | 2.12 years | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 202 | Ethiopia | 2.09 years | 2015 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 203 | Mozambique | 2.07 years | 2017 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Burkina Faso | 1.98 years | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 205 | Chad | 1.95 years | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 206 | Uganda | 1.67 years | 2007 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Tanzania | 1.64 years | 2021 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 208 | Burundi | 1.56 years | 2025 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.43 years | 2005 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 210 | Niger | 1.42 years | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 211 | Central African Republic | 1.35 years | 2017 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 212 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.26 years | 2000 | up 211.3% | rising |
| 213 | Somalia | 0.3137 years | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 7.94 years
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 7.92 years
- UNICEF: Western Europe 7.85 years
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 7.83 years
- WB: European Union 7.83 years
- WB: Euro Area 7.82 years
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 7.82 years
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 7.63 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 7.56 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 7.52 years
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 7.5 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 7.5 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 7.5 years
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 7.45 years
- SDG: Europe 7.36 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 7.28 years
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 7.28 years
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 7.19 years
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 7.19 years
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 7.02 years
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 7.02 years
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 7.01 years
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 6.98 years
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 6.85 years
- AIMS: Central Asia 6.83 years
- SDG: Central Asia 6.83 years
- WB: Oecd Members 6.83 years
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 6.82 years
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 6.81 years
- UIS: Central Asia 6.8 years
- MDG: Developed Regions 6.79 years
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 6.78 years
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 6.75 years
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 6.72 years
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 6.64 years
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 6.58 years
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 6.57 years
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 6.55 years
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 6.49 years
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 6.47 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release