School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.9851 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9851 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
154th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9851 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.298 years
in 1975
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 0.9851 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 0.9851 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.298 years, in 1975.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 154th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3074 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.3041 years | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.302 years | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.3011 years | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.3022 years | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.298 years | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.3004 years | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.3049 years | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.3144 years | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3274 years | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 0.3347 years | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.3423 years | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 0.3479 years | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.3551 years | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.3722 years | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3725 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.3662 years | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3712 years | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.3668 years | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.3723 years | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.3684 years | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.3663 years | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.3705 years | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3789 years | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3932 years | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.4059 years | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.42 years | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.4429 years | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.4543 years | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4749 years | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4835 years | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.5028 years | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.518 years | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5267 years | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5487 years | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5744 years | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.5889 years | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6111 years | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.642 years | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6743 years | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6993 years | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7182 years | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7495 years | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7674 years | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7913 years | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8196 years | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8312 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8225 years | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8231 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8604 years | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8848 years | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9125 years | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.936 years | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9771 years | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9851 years | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3062 years | 0.298 years | 0.3274 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3601 years | 0.3347 years | 0.3725 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4075 years | 0.3663 years | 0.4749 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.567 years | 0.4835 years | 0.6743 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7883 years | 0.6993 years | 0.8604 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9391 years | 0.8848 years | 0.9851 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 151 Angola 0.6757 years compare
- 152 Gambia 0.6738 years compare
- 153 Seychelles 0.6714 years compare
- 154 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.6679 years compare
- 155 Rwanda 0.6498 years compare
- 156 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6411 years compare
- 157 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5927 years compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 0.9851 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9851 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.298 years in 1975.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 154th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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