School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 2.13 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in North Macedonia, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in North Macedonia is 2.13 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in North Macedonia peaked at 2.13 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7633 years, in 1991.
North Macedonia ranks 75th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9235 years | — |
| 1976 | 0.9413 years | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 1.32 years | +40.7% |
| 1982 | 1.3 years | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 1.26 years | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 1.2 years | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 1.14 years | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 1.09 years | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 1.02 years | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9717 years | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 0.9074 years | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8321 years | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 0.7633 years | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8011 years | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8081 years | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.86 years | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 0.93 years | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9533 years | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.9847 years | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 1.01 years | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 1.1 years | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 1.14 years | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1.23 years | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 1.35 years | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 1.37 years | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.4 years | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.48 years | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 1.45 years | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.75 years | +20.6% |
| 2008 | 1.98 years | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 1.98 years | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.89 years | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 1.96 years | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 1.9 years | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.93 years | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 2.07 years | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 2.12 years | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.13 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9324 years | 0.9235 years | 0.9413 years | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.14 years | 0.9074 years | 1.32 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9048 years | 0.7633 years | 1.1 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.51 years | 1.14 years | 1.98 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2 years | 1.89 years | 2.13 years | 7 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More education data for North Macedonia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7,723 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.31 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 96.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in North Macedonia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in North Macedonia was 2.13 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7633 years in 1991.
- How does North Macedonia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- North Macedonia ranks 75th out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.