School life expectancy, secondary, male in UNESCO: Sids
UNESCO: Sids: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 3.91 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in UNESCO: Sids, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNESCO: Sids recorded 3.91 years for school life expectancy, secondary, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in UNESCO: Sids peaked at 4.03 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.33 years, in 1972.
UNESCO: Sids ranks 152nd 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.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in UNESCO: Sids, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 2.36 years | — |
| 1972 | 2.33 years | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 2.36 years | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 2.42 years | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 2.56 years | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 2.78 years | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 2.95 years | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 2.88 years | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 2.98 years | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 3.16 years | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 3.15 years | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 3.16 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 3.12 years | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 3.17 years | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 3.15 years | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 3.13 years | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 3.15 years | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 3.17 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 3.17 years | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 3.18 years | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 3.18 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 3.16 years | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 3.22 years | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 3.17 years | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 3.18 years | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 3.27 years | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 3.29 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 3.3 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 3.32 years | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 3.4 years | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 3.52 years | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 3.66 years | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 3.75 years | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 3.8 years | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 3.86 years | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 3.85 years | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 3.84 years | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 3.77 years | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 3.75 years | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 3.79 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3.83 years | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 3.86 years | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 3.89 years | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 3.96 years | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 3.95 years | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 3.98 years | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 3.98 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 4 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 4.03 years | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 3.99 years | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 3.92 years | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 3.97 years | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 3.93 years | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 3.91 years | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.63 years | 2.33 years | 2.98 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 3.15 years | 3.12 years | 3.17 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.23 years | 3.16 years | 3.32 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.72 years | 3.4 years | 3.86 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.93 years | 3.79 years | 4.03 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.94 years | 3.91 years | 3.99 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNESCO: Sids
More education data for UNESCO: Sids
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.15 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 397,920 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 4.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 3.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.57 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in UNESCO: Sids?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in UNESCO: Sids was 3.91 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The highest recorded value was 4.03 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.33 years in 1972.
- How does UNESCO: Sids rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- UNESCO: Sids ranks 152nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in UNESCO: Sids?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNESCO: Sids 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