School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in Aruba
Aruba: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) was 0.7033 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Aruba, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Aruba is 0.7033 years, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Aruba peaked at 2 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.7033 years, in 2024.
Aruba ranks 150th of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in Aruba, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.28 years | — |
| 2000 | 1.37 years | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 1.41 years | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 1.4 years | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.51 years | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 1.54 years | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.78 years | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 1.71 years | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.8 years | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 1.81 years | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.78 years | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.89 years | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 2 years | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 1.94 years | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9203 years | -52.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9411 years | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8869 years | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8922 years | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.7033 years | -21.2% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 0.7033 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.58 years, 20% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 0.7033 years is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.68 years, 42% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in Aruba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -52.6% | 1.94 years | 0.9203 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.28 years | 1.28 years | 1.28 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.61 years | 1.37 years | 1.81 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 years | 0.8869 years | 2 years | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7033 years | 0.7033 years | 0.7033 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
- 147 Bahamas 0.7421 years
- 148 Saint Lucia 0.7367 years compare
- 149 Cook Islands 0.7348 years compare
- 151 Angola 0.6757 years compare
- 152 Gambia 0.6738 years compare
- 153 Seychelles 0.6714 years compare
More education data for Aruba
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,144 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -8.14 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7,719 (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0715 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 7,719 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 8,367 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 553 (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Aruba?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Aruba was 0.7033 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 2 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7033 years in 2024.
- How does Aruba rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Aruba ranks 150th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release