School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Uruguay
Uruguay: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 3.16 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Uruguay, 1974–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 3.16 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2017. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Uruguay peaked at 3.16 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6151 years, in 1974.
That places Uruguay 43rd out of 183 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7694 years | 0.6151 years | 0.88 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 1.09 years | 0.7769 years | 1.48 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 1.53 years | 1.35 years | 1.73 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.19 years | 1.7 years | 2.55 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.98 years | 2.56 years | 3.16 years | 6 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 18,882 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.4 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Uruguay?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Uruguay was 3.16 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3.16 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6151 years in 1974.
- How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Uruguay ranks 43rd out of 183 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.