School life expectancy, secondary, male in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 4.22 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.22 years
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
161st
of 213 countries
All-time high
4.78 years
in 2010
All-time low
1.1 years
in 1977
Years of data
40
1972–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Saint Lucia, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in Saint Lucia is 4.22 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Saint Lucia peaked at 4.78 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.1 years, in 1977.
That places Saint Lucia 161st out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.2 years | — |
| 1973 | 1.17 years | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 1.1 years | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 1.16 years | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 1.27 years | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 1.34 years | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 1.31 years | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 1.39 years | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 1.53 years | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 1.57 years | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 1.83 years | +16.8% |
| 1991 | 2.01 years | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 2.2 years | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 2.29 years | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 2.88 years | +25.5% |
| 1999 | 2.9 years | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 3.04 years | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 3.18 years | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 3.15 years | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 3.31 years | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 3.72 years | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 3.56 years | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 3.8 years | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 4.13 years | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 4.55 years | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 4.69 years | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 4.78 years | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 4.76 years | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 4.6 years | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 4.5 years | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 4.49 years | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 4.53 years | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 4.39 years | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 4.35 years | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 4.34 years | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4.38 years | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 4.39 years | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 4.2 years | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 4.34 years | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 4.22 years | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.16 years | 1.1 years | 1.2 years | 3 |
| 1980s | 1.37 years | 1.16 years | 1.57 years | 7 |
| 1990s | 2.35 years | 1.83 years | 2.9 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 3.71 years | 3.04 years | 4.69 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.51 years | 4.34 years | 4.78 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.29 years | 4.2 years | 4.39 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 158 Dominican Republic 4.34 years compare
- 159 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 4.29 years compare
- 160 Eswatini 4.27 years compare
- 162 Singapore 4.14 years compare
- 163 Bangladesh 4.11 years compare
- 164 Jamaica 4.09 years compare
More education data for Saint Lucia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,067 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 72.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.78 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in Saint Lucia?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in Saint Lucia was 4.22 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.78 years in 2010.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1 years in 1977.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- Saint Lucia ranks 161st out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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