School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
194
Highest
7.69 years
Greece
Lowest
0.0526 years
Haiti
Median
2.15 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,076

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 7.69 years in Greece; the lowest is 0.0526 years in Haiti.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.15 years, and the mean is 2.26 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 146.

Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 938.3%), and the largest decrease in Laos (down 62.1%).

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 7.69 years 2023 up 51.6% rising
2 Macao 6.51 years 2024 up 109.7% rising
3 Hong Kong 5.56 years 2024 up 64.2% rising
4 Argentina 5.36 years 2023 up 32.4% volatile
5 Türkiye 5.24 years 2023 up 29.2% volatile
6 Russia 5.23 years 2024 up 23.0% rising
7 Chile 5.07 years 2024 up 19.9% rising
8 Finland 5.06 years 2024 up 13.3% rising
9 Australia 5.05 years 2024 down 12.8% falling
10 Korea 5.02 years 2024 up 5.4% rising
11 Cyprus 4.92 years 2024 up 94.2% rising
12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.7 years 2015 up 372.3% volatile
13 Grenada 4.67 years 2018 up 64.3% volatile
14 Panama 4.65 years 2023 up 112.9% rising
15 Spain 4.48 years 2024 up 15.5% rising
16 Norway 4.46 years 2024 up 15.9% rising
17 Georgia 4.44 years 2025 up 75.1% rising
18 Netherlands 4.3 years 2023 up 14.2% rising
19 Singapore 4.29 years 2023 down 19.1% rising
20 Moldova 4.28 years 2024 up 68.8% rising
21 Uzbekistan 4.23 years 2025 up 938.1% volatile
22 Albania 4.2 years 2024 up 28.1% volatile
23 Ukraine 4.1 years 2024 up 3.5% rising
24 Austria 4.09 years 2024 up 6.0% rising
25 Tonga 4.05 years 2024 volatile
26 United States 4.02 years 2022 down 16.5% rising
27 Belgium 4 years 2023 up 14.0% rising
28 Uruguay 3.98 years 2023 up 32.7% rising
29 Venezuela 3.91 years 2009 up 181.4% volatile
30 Saudi Arabia 3.91 years 2024 up 59.3% volatile
31 Puerto Rico 3.9 years 2023 down 18.3% flat
32 Sweden 3.87 years 2024 up 15.8% flat
33 Croatia 3.86 years 2023 up 19.3% rising
34 Latvia 3.85 years 2024 up 13.5% rising
35 Ireland 3.84 years 2022 up 18.1% rising
36 United Kingdom 3.82 years 2023 up 35.5% rising
37 China (People's Republic of) 3.82 years 2024 up 77.9% volatile
38 Slovenia 3.79 years 2023 down 6.1% flat
39 Monaco 3.77 years 2024 up 40.9% rising
40 Portugal 3.76 years 2023 up 19.6% rising
41 Denmark 3.75 years 2024 down 11.2% rising
42 Fiji 3.75 years 2024 up 8.0% volatile
43 Iceland 3.68 years 2023 down 12.2% volatile
44 New Zealand 3.67 years 2024 down 12.9% falling
45 Italy 3.66 years 2023 up 27.3% rising
46 Poland 3.65 years 2024 up 9.7% rising
47 Canada 3.62 years 2023 up 10.7% rising
48 Palau 3.59 years 2024 up 6.7% rising
49 France 3.58 years 2024 up 16.8% rising
50 Peru 3.56 years 2017 up 110.0% volatile
51 Ecuador 3.54 years 2023 up 78.0% rising
52 Germany 3.5 years 2024 up 15.3% rising
53 Kazakhstan 3.44 years 2025 up 41.5% rising
54 Lithuania 3.44 years 2024 down 7.0% falling
55 Serbia 3.42 years 2024 up 21.1% rising
56 Brazil 3.37 years 2024 up 36.0% rising
57 Belarus 3.36 years 2024 down 21.3% rising
58 Mongolia 3.28 years 2024 down 1.7% volatile
59 Japan 3.22 years 2023 up 3.0% flat
60 Switzerland 3.22 years 2024 up 16.7% rising
61 Bulgaria 3.21 years 2024 down 6.1% rising
62 Paraguay 3.19 years 2011 up 230.0% volatile
63 Malta 3.17 years 2023 up 45.4% rising
64 Israel 3.14 years 2024 down 6.0% rising
65 Czechia 3.13 years 2023 down 0.5% rising
66 Dominican Republic 3.11 years 2024 up 26.1% volatile
67 Kyrgyzstan 3.08 years 2025 up 26.5% rising
68 Thailand 3.02 years 2025 down 2.9% volatile
69 Colombia 2.98 years 2022 up 25.4% rising
70 Estonia 2.96 years 2024 down 14.2% falling
71 United Arab Emirates 2.95 years 2024 up 28.2% volatile
72 Iran 2.93 years 2022 up 11.2% volatile
73 Libya 2.93 years 2003 up 292.8% volatile
74 Hungary 2.85 years 2024 up 9.4% falling
75 San Marino 2.82 years 2024 down 3.1% falling
76 Bahrain 2.75 years 2024 up 36.7% volatile
77 Montenegro 2.73 years 2023 down 9.8% rising
78 Lebanon 2.72 years 2023 up 12.6% rising
79 Costa Rica 2.72 years 2019 up 21.6% rising
80 Algeria 2.7 years 2024 up 49.9% volatile
81 Andorra 2.69 years 2024 up 388.4% volatile
82 North Macedonia 2.68 years 2023 up 37.6% rising
83 Romania 2.64 years 2023 up 6.6% rising
84 Armenia 2.61 years 2024 up 9.5% rising
85 Kuwait 2.59 years 2021 down 7.2% volatile
86 Barbados 2.54 years 2025 down 11.3% volatile
87 Marshall Islands 2.53 years 2024 down 9.2% rising
88 Slovak Republic 2.51 years 2024 down 2.7% rising
89 Mexico 2.48 years 2024 up 53.4% rising
90 Morocco 2.46 years 2024 up 94.0% volatile
91 Maldives 2.42 years 2022 up 254.4% volatile
92 Philippines 2.36 years 2024 up 39.5% rising
93 Indonesia 2.32 years 2023 up 55.4% volatile
94 Palestine 2.31 years 2023 down 6.9% rising
95 Mauritius 2.29 years 2024 up 14.3% volatile
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.21 years 2023 down 9.3% rising
97 Syria 2.19 years 2016 up 109.9% rising
98 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1 years 2024 volatile
99 Liechtenstein 2.09 years 2021 down 0.2% rising
100 Azerbaijan 2.07 years 2024 up 75.0% rising
101 Cuba 2.05 years 2024 up 0.7% volatile
102 Malaysia 1.91 years 2024 down 5.0% volatile
103 Tunisia 1.91 years 2023 up 11.4% volatile
104 Egypt 1.9 years 2025 up 15.7% rising
105 Botswana 1.9 years 2024 up 53.1% volatile
106 Vietnam 1.88 years 2024 up 20.0% volatile
107 Jordan 1.87 years 2024 up 2.2% rising
108 Oman 1.81 years 2024 up 5.4% volatile
109 India 1.72 years 2025 up 26.8% volatile
110 United States Virgin Islands 1.68 years 1993 up 13.3% rising
111 Brunei 1.68 years 2023 up 42.8% volatile
112 Qatar 1.65 years 2024 up 94.7% rising
113 El Salvador 1.64 years 2024 up 4.0% rising
114 Guatemala 1.63 years 2023 up 66.1% volatile
115 Nicaragua 1.6 years 2023 volatile
116 Tajikistan 1.57 years 2017 up 40.9% rising
117 Namibia 1.46 years 2022 down 37.4% volatile
118 British Virgin Islands 1.42 years 2024 down 27.2% falling
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.41 years 2023 up 42.5% volatile
120 Cayman Islands 1.39 years 2008 up 75.6% rising
121 Guyana 1.32 years 2024 up 125.9% volatile
122 Honduras 1.31 years 2024 up 11.9% volatile
123 Jamaica 1.31 years 2015 up 51.8% volatile
124 Antigua and Barbuda 1.28 years 2012 up 307.0% rising
125 Belize 1.27 years 2024 up 2.4% rising
126 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.26 years 2023 up 86.8% volatile
127 South Africa 1.18 years 2023 up 6.5% rising
128 Bangladesh 1.17 years 2024 up 71.5% volatile
129 Cape Verde 1.16 years 2018 up 98.9% volatile
130 Zimbabwe 1.11 years 2024 up 202.8% volatile
131 Cambodia 1.07 years 2024 up 53.3% volatile
132 Ghana 1.07 years 2024 up 41.4% volatile
133 Nepal 1.06 years 2024 up 46.8% volatile
134 Sri Lanka 1.04 years 2023 up 16.7% volatile
135 Myanmar 1.03 years 2018 up 86.2% volatile
136 Turkmenistan 0.9838 years 2024 up 181.0% falling
137 Samoa 0.953 years 2024 up 25.1% volatile
138 Luxembourg 0.9528 years 2024 up 3.8% rising
139 Comoros 0.941 years 2017 up 328.2% volatile
140 Cameroon 0.8853 years 2024 up 5.7% volatile
141 Senegal 0.8465 years 2024 up 55.6% volatile
142 Bermuda 0.8447 years 2023 down 52.0% rising
143 Bhutan 0.7972 years 2024 up 53.9% volatile
144 Sudan 0.7932 years 2015 up 34.2% rising
145 Iraq 0.7779 years 2005 up 33.9% rising
146 Togo 0.7451 years 2020 up 67.3% volatile
147 Bahamas 0.7421 years 1995 up 3.8% falling
148 Saint Lucia 0.7367 years 2023 up 2.1% volatile
149 Aruba 0.7033 years 2024 down 25.3% falling
150 Angola 0.6757 years 2024 up 46.5% volatile
151 Gambia 0.6738 years 2024 up 339.8% volatile
152 Seychelles 0.6714 years 2024 up 87.6% volatile
153 Micronesia (country) 0.6679 years 2000 falling
154 Rwanda 0.6498 years 2024 up 53.1% volatile
155 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6411 years 2015 up 226.5% rising
156 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5927 years 2024 up 42.0% volatile
157 Burkina Faso 0.5899 years 2024 up 112.3% volatile
158 Kenya 0.5895 years 2024 up 27.4% volatile
159 Guinea 0.5717 years 2014 up 328.5% volatile
160 Congo 0.561 years 2023 up 15.6% volatile
161 Lesotho 0.5449 years 2018 up 145.7% volatile
162 Benin 0.5431 years 2022 down 24.4% volatile
163 Pakistan 0.5428 years 2024 up 24.1% volatile
164 Afghanistan 0.5427 years 2020 up 175.6% volatile
165 Liberia 0.5419 years 2012 down 41.5% volatile
166 Nigeria 0.4871 years 2011 up 67.9% volatile
167 Yemen 0.4403 years 2011 down 4.1% rising
168 Gabon 0.3828 years 2003 up 50.3% volatile
169 Ethiopia 0.3817 years 2014 up 179.7% volatile
170 Mozambique 0.3731 years 2018 up 112.1% volatile
171 Laos 0.3725 years 2024 down 62.1% volatile
172 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.3573 years 2023 down 11.4% falling
173 Eswatini 0.3504 years 2013 up 58.6% rising
174 Dominica 0.3474 years 1993 up 938.3% volatile
175 Burundi 0.3464 years 2025 up 31.8% volatile
176 Madagascar 0.3402 years 2023 up 45.0% rising
177 Mauritania 0.3391 years 2020 up 45.3% rising
178 Suriname 0.3271 years 2024 down 30.2% rising
179 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.319 years 2020 up 1.9% volatile
180 Mali 0.2824 years 2015 up 199.6% volatile
181 Djibouti 0.258 years 2011 up 688.1% volatile
182 Vanuatu 0.2439 years 2004 up 7.0% rising
183 Chad 0.2418 years 2020 up 130.7% volatile
184 Niger 0.2416 years 2019 up 284.6% volatile
185 Uganda 0.2309 years 2014 up 26.2% volatile
186 Tanzania 0.2207 years 2024 up 20.2% volatile
187 Malawi 0.2105 years 2024 up 408.7% volatile
188 Zambia 0.1981 years 2012 up 66.3% rising
189 Eritrea 0.1601 years 2016 up 62.5% rising
190 Central African Republic 0.1493 years 2012 up 53.6% volatile
191 Somalia 0.1205 years 1987 up 393.3% volatile
192 Sierra Leone 0.0994 years 2002 up 59.4% volatile
193 Papua New Guinea 0.0975 years 1999 up 4.8% rising
194 Haiti 0.0526 years 1986 up 67.9% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
417 places, 15,076 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release