School life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 5.9 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 5.9 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 5.99 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.74 years, in 1999.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 54th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.74 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.79 years | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 2.84 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 2.93 years | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 2.97 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 3.03 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 3.08 years | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 3.12 years | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 3.16 years | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 3.2 years | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 3.27 years | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 3.36 years | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 3.4 years | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5.49 years | +61.4% |
| 2013 | 5.78 years | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 5.79 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 5.83 years | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 5.92 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 5.95 years | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 5.99 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 5.94 years | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 5.88 years | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 5.84 years | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 5.82 years | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 5.89 years | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 5.9 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.74 years | 2.74 years | 2.74 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.04 years | 2.79 years | 3.27 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.34 years | 3.36 years | 5.99 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.87 years | 5.82 years | 5.9 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 51 Uruguay 6.86 years compare
- 52 Sri Lanka 6.85 years compare
- 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.84 years compare
- 54 Palestine, State of 6.82 years compare
- 55 Fiji 6.79 years compare
- 56 Cook Islands 6.75 years compare
- 57 Viet Nam 6.75 years compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 5.9 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.99 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.74 years in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 54th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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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February 2026 Data Release