School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.5975 years in 2004. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Trinidad and Tobago, 1971–2004
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Trinidad and Tobago is 0.5975 years, measured in 2004. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 36.2% on the previous year and up 64.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 0.5975 years in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.1235 years, in 1971.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 143rd of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.1235 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.1299 years | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 0.1305 years | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1322 years | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1345 years | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2181 years | +62.2% |
| 1977 | 0.2206 years | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.2185 years | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2068 years | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 0.2211 years | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 0.2149 years | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.2155 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.195 years | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 0.1888 years | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.223 years | +18.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2716 years | +21.8% |
| 1987 | 0.2865 years | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2868 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.3323 years | +15.8% |
| 1991 | 0.3308 years | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.338 years | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3642 years | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3101 years | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 0.303 years | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.3218 years | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4352 years | +35.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4389 years | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5975 years | +36.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1683 years | 0.1235 years | 0.2206 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.2435 years | 0.1888 years | 0.3323 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3358 years | 0.3101 years | 0.3642 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.4193 years | 0.303 years | 0.5975 years | 5 |
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More education data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12,926 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 91,195 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 126,491 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0924 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 126,491 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Trinidad and Tobago?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.5975 years in 2004, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5975 years in 2004.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1235 years in 1971.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 143rd out of 183 countries with data for 2004.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.