School life expectancy, secondary, male in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 5.96 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in MDG: Latin America, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in MDG: Latin America is 5.96 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in MDG: Latin America peaked at 5.98 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.77 years, in 1999.
That places MDG: Latin America 50th 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 MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.77 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.82 years | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2.88 years | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 2.97 years | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 3 years | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 3.06 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 3.12 years | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 3.17 years | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 3.21 years | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 3.26 years | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 3.33 years | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 3.42 years | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 3.46 years | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5.48 years | +58.6% |
| 2013 | 5.79 years | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 5.8 years | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 5.84 years | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 5.91 years | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 5.94 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 5.98 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 5.95 years | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 5.9 years | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 5.88 years | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 5.87 years | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 5.94 years | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 5.96 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.77 years | 2.77 years | 2.77 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.08 years | 2.82 years | 3.33 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.36 years | 3.42 years | 5.98 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.91 years | 5.87 years | 5.96 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
- 47 Norway 7 years compare
- 48 Martinique 6.99 years
- 49 Spain 6.95 years compare
- 50 Uzbekistan 6.92 years compare
- 51 Uruguay 6.86 years compare
- 52 Sri Lanka 6.85 years compare
- 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.84 years compare
More education data for MDG: Latin America
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 650,773 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 12.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 6.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in MDG: Latin America?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in MDG: Latin America was 5.96 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 5.98 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.77 years in 1999.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 50th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Latin America 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release