School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.3955 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.3955 years
Change on year
down 0.7%
Rank
211th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.3982 years
in 2023
All-time low
0.131 years
in 1997
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) stood at 0.3955 years.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) peaked at 0.3982 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.131 years, in 1997.
That places ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1379 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.1356 years | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.1367 years | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.1404 years | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1406 years | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.141 years | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1323 years | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1452 years | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1545 years | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 0.1618 years | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1908 years | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1858 years | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2163 years | +16.4% |
| 1983 | 0.2236 years | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.2257 years | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2359 years | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.232 years | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2119 years | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 0.2099 years | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.2056 years | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.1991 years | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.188 years | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1938 years | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1998 years | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1719 years | -13.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1483 years | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 0.1407 years | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.131 years | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 0.156 years | +19.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1372 years | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1381 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1323 years | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1325 years | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1417 years | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1612 years | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 0.1911 years | +18.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2079 years | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2311 years | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2446 years | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2694 years | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2823 years | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3082 years | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3157 years | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3243 years | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3429 years | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3375 years | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.337 years | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3585 years | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3585 years | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3665 years | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3667 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3801 years | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3894 years | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3982 years | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.3955 years | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1426 years | 0.1323 years | 0.1618 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2137 years | 0.1858 years | 0.2359 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1666 years | 0.131 years | 0.1998 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.185 years | 0.1323 years | 0.2694 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3331 years | 0.2823 years | 0.3665 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.386 years | 0.3667 years | 0.3982 years | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.6275 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 68,663 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 85,812 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 131,960 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.2099 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.1799 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 121,939 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 5.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 7.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) was 0.3955 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3982 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.131 years in 1997.
- How does ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 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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February 2026 Data Release