School life expectancy, secondary, male in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 4.82 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Puerto Rico, 2009–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in Puerto Rico is 4.82 years, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 26.1% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Puerto Rico peaked at 6.52 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.82 years, in 2024.
That places Puerto Rico 139th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5.21 years | — |
| 2010 | 5.06 years | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 4.98 years | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 5.07 years | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 5.31 years | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 5.43 years | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 5.9 years | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 5.15 years | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 5.25 years | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 6.52 years | +24.2% |
| 2024 | 4.82 years | -26.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.21 years | 5.21 years | 5.21 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 5.27 years | 4.98 years | 5.9 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 5.67 years | 4.82 years | 6.52 years | 2 |
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More education data for Puerto Rico
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 15,316 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in Puerto Rico?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in Puerto Rico was 4.82 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 6.52 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.82 years in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- Puerto Rico ranks 139th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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