School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 5.85 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) stood at 5.85 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 5.89 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.81 years, in 1999.
That places ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 55th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.81 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.87 years | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2.93 years | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 3.03 years | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 3.06 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 3.12 years | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 3.17 years | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 3.22 years | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 3.25 years | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 3.29 years | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 3.35 years | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 3.44 years | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 3.48 years | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5.41 years | +55.3% |
| 2013 | 5.7 years | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 5.72 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 5.75 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 5.82 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 5.85 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 5.89 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 5.86 years | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 5.81 years | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 5.79 years | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 5.78 years | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 5.84 years | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 5.85 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.81 years | 2.81 years | 2.81 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.13 years | 2.87 years | 3.35 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.29 years | 3.44 years | 5.89 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.81 years | 5.78 years | 5.85 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- 52 Sri Lanka 6.85 years compare
- 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.84 years compare
- 54 Palestine, State of 6.82 years compare
- 55 Fiji 6.79 years compare
- 56 Cook Islands 6.75 years compare
- 57 Viet Nam 6.75 years compare
- 58 Argentina 6.7 years compare
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.52 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 30.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.10 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 5.85 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.89 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.81 years in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 55th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release