School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Bahamas
Bahamas: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.7529 years in 1995. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Bahamas, 1977–1995
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Bahamas is 0.7529 years, measured in 1995.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Bahamas peaked at 1.51 years in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.5818 years, in 1983.
Bahamas ranks 128th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1.51 years | — |
| 1978 | 1.38 years | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 1.29 years | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 0.936 years | -27.3% |
| 1981 | 0.8177 years | -12.6% |
| 1982 | 0.76 years | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5818 years | -23.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6774 years | +16.4% |
| 1985 | 0.75 years | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8722 years | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9677 years | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 1.05 years | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7529 years | -28.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.39 years | 1.29 years | 1.51 years | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.8232 years | 0.5818 years | 1.05 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.7529 years | 0.7529 years | 0.7529 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More education data for Bahamas
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 92.86 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Bahamas?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Bahamas was 0.7529 years in 1995, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 years in 1977.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5818 years in 1983.
- How does Bahamas rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Bahamas ranks 128th out of 183 countries with data for 1995.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas 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
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.