School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.875 years in 2006. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Pacific island small states, 1970–2006
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Pacific island small states is 0.875 years, measured in 2006. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Pacific island small states peaked at 0.875 years in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2185 years, in 1970.
That places Pacific island small states 33rd out of 43 groups with data for 2006, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2185 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2276 years | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 0.2409 years | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 0.25 years | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2628 years | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2788 years | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 0.2846 years | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.2884 years | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.2903 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.3422 years | +17.9% |
| 1980 | 0.3374 years | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.3917 years | +16.1% |
| 1982 | 0.3723 years | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3711 years | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.3788 years | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.3997 years | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.4097 years | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.433 years | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 0.4594 years | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 0.4837 years | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 0.5571 years | +15.2% |
| 1991 | 0.6391 years | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 0.656 years | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6985 years | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7112 years | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.7205 years | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7335 years | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.7456 years | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7538 years | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7742 years | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.768 years | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7712 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8013 years | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8256 years | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8453 years | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8639 years | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.875 years | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2684 years | 0.2185 years | 0.3422 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4037 years | 0.3374 years | 0.4837 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.699 years | 0.5571 years | 0.7742 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8215 years | 0.768 years | 0.875 years | 7 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
More education data for Pacific island small states
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,401 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 18,401 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.05 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Pacific island small states?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Pacific island small states was 0.875 years in 2006, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 0.875 years in 2006.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2185 years in 1970.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Pacific island small states ranks 33rd out of 43 groups with data for 2006.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.