School life expectancy, secondary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 3.97 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States is 3.97 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 4.07 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.52 years, in 1972.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 150th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.8 years | 2.52 years | 3.13 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 3.29 years | 3.25 years | 3.31 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.34 years | 3.29 years | 3.42 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.79 years | 3.49 years | 3.92 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.98 years | 3.84 years | 4.07 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4 years | 3.97 years | 4.04 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.27 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.24 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 4.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.62 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 3.97 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 4.07 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.52 years in 1972.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 54 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release