School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
189
Highest
7.89 years
Greece
Lowest
0.0272 years
Haiti
Median
2.71 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
14,089

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 7.89 years in Greece; the lowest is 0.0272 years in Haiti.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.71 years, and the mean is 2.64 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 290.

Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 8,684.8%), and the largest decrease in Laos (down 59.7%).

School life expectancy, tertiary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 7.89 years 2023 up 54.5% rising
2 Argentina 6.95 years 2023 up 38.1% volatile
3 Macao 6.81 years 2024 up 93.0% rising
4 Tonga 6.15 years 2024 volatile
5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.14 years 2015 up 356.0% volatile
6 Australia 5.92 years 2024 down 12.3% falling
7 Cyprus 5.87 years 2024 up 97.0% rising
8 Hong Kong 5.82 years 2024 up 63.1% rising
9 Finland 5.78 years 2024 up 18.0% rising
10 Panama 5.77 years 2023 up 116.3% volatile
11 Chile 5.48 years 2024 up 23.2% rising
12 Russia 5.48 years 2024 up 18.5% rising
13 Türkiye 5.42 years 2023 up 44.8% volatile
14 Norway 5.38 years 2024 up 17.9% rising
15 Grenada 5.28 years 2018 up 58.6% volatile
16 Iceland 5.11 years 2023 down 4.0% volatile
17 Spain 5.05 years 2024 up 19.2% rising
18 Uruguay 5.03 years 2023 volatile
19 Moldova 4.96 years 2024 up 74.3% rising
20 Venezuela 4.94 years 2008 up 199.0% volatile
21 Sweden 4.85 years 2024 up 19.6% flat
22 Georgia 4.84 years 2025 up 75.8% rising
23 Monaco 4.84 years 2024 up 46.0% rising
24 Albania 4.81 years 2024 up 27.2% volatile
25 Puerto Rico 4.8 years 2023 down 14.8% flat
26 United States 4.79 years 2022 down 9.0% rising
27 Korea 4.77 years 2024 up 17.3% rising
28 Uzbekistan 4.73 years 2025 up 1,415.6% volatile
29 Netherlands 4.69 years 2023 up 19.8% rising
30 Austria 4.67 years 2024 up 11.4% rising
31 Slovenia 4.65 years 2023 down 3.1% rising
32 Belgium 4.63 years 2023 up 16.9% rising
33 Croatia 4.63 years 2023 up 24.1% rising
34 Latvia 4.55 years 2024 up 13.9% flat
35 Singapore 4.52 years 2023 down 15.1% rising
36 New Zealand 4.51 years 2024 down 6.7% falling
37 Poland 4.44 years 2024 up 10.2% rising
38 Denmark 4.42 years 2024 down 9.8% rising
39 United Kingdom 4.35 years 2023 up 37.0% rising
40 Palau 4.33 years 2024 up 2.9% rising
41 Italy 4.29 years 2023 up 28.4% rising
42 Saudi Arabia 4.25 years 2024 up 37.7% volatile
43 Ireland 4.2 years 2022 up 26.1% rising
44 Canada 4.19 years 2023 up 11.9% rising
45 Mongolia 4.13 years 2024 up 5.0% rising
46 China (People's Republic of) 4.13 years 2024 up 76.3% volatile
47 Portugal 4.12 years 2023 up 21.5% rising
48 Dominican Republic 4.1 years 2024 up 34.5% volatile
49 France 4.07 years 2024 up 20.3% rising
50 Lithuania 4.07 years 2024 down 6.7% falling
51 Malta 4.06 years 2023 up 61.7% rising
52 Serbia 4.03 years 2024 up 25.0% rising
53 Brazil 4.01 years 2024 up 42.7% rising
54 Maldives 4 years 2022 up 281.9% volatile
55 Ecuador 3.95 years 2023 up 58.9% rising
56 Bahrain 3.83 years 2024 up 33.5% volatile
57 Kazakhstan 3.83 years 2025 up 42.6% rising
58 Ukraine 3.82 years 2024 down 10.2% rising
59 Bulgaria 3.75 years 2024 down 2.0% rising
60 Germany 3.72 years 2024 up 25.7% rising
61 Peru 3.7 years 2017 up 112.8% volatile
62 Israel 3.65 years 2024 down 3.3% rising
63 Paraguay 3.64 years 2011 up 222.9% volatile
64 Belarus 3.62 years 2024 down 26.0% rising
65 Czechia 3.6 years 2023 down 2.6% rising
66 Kyrgyzstan 3.57 years 2025 up 33.8% rising
67 Estonia 3.55 years 2024 down 14.7% falling
68 United Arab Emirates 3.53 years 2024 up 38.2% volatile
69 Thailand 3.47 years 2025 up 0.1% rising
70 Switzerland 3.44 years 2024 up 23.4% rising
71 Barbados 3.37 years 2025 down 11.2% volatile
72 Montenegro 3.3 years 2023 down 2.2% rising
73 Kuwait 3.3 years 2021 down 10.0% volatile
74 Algeria 3.28 years 2024 up 46.7% rising
75 Fiji 3.23 years 2024 down 11.2% volatile
76 Hungary 3.18 years 2024 up 8.4% falling
77 Japan 3.18 years 2023 up 6.5% flat
78 Colombia 3.18 years 2022 up 27.1% rising
79 North Macedonia 3.16 years 2023 up 44.8% rising
80 Libya 3.12 years 2003 up 333.3% volatile
81 Qatar 3.06 years 2024 up 36.9% rising
82 Armenia 3.05 years 2024 up 20.0% rising
83 Romania 3.01 years 2023 up 8.5% rising
84 Costa Rica 2.98 years 2019 up 19.5% rising
85 Slovak Republic 2.98 years 2024 down 5.3% rising
86 Iran 2.96 years 2022 up 11.4% volatile
87 Marshall Islands 2.93 years 2024 down 1.8% rising
88 Lebanon 2.86 years 2019 up 24.3% rising
89 Andorra 2.85 years 2024 up 327.2% volatile
90 Palestine 2.82 years 2023 down 2.4% rising
91 San Marino 2.82 years 2024 down 15.3% falling
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.81 years 2023 up 0.0% rising
93 Mauritius 2.76 years 2024 up 24.7% volatile
94 Cuba 2.75 years 2024 up 10.3% volatile
95 Morocco 2.71 years 2024 up 116.2% volatile
96 Mexico 2.68 years 2024 up 68.3% rising
97 Trinidad and Tobago 2.68 years 2024 volatile
98 Philippines 2.66 years 2024 up 37.7% rising
99 Oman 2.64 years 2024 up 7.5% volatile
100 Indonesia 2.55 years 2023 up 59.1% volatile
101 Tunisia 2.47 years 2023 up 18.0% volatile
102 Botswana 2.43 years 2024 up 77.0% volatile
103 United States Virgin Islands 2.43 years 1993 up 17.0% rising
104 Syria 2.37 years 2016 up 140.6% volatile
105 Azerbaijan 2.33 years 2024 up 84.1% rising
106 Malaysia 2.3 years 2024 down 3.8% volatile
107 Jordan 2.27 years 2024 up 10.3% volatile
108 Brunei 2.08 years 2023 up 30.2% volatile
109 Vietnam 2.04 years 2024 up 28.7% volatile
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.94 years 2023 up 33.0% volatile
111 Egypt 1.93 years 2025 up 19.0% volatile
112 El Salvador 1.89 years 2024 up 15.1% rising
113 Guyana 1.87 years 2024 up 139.7% volatile
114 Nicaragua 1.86 years 2023 volatile
115 Namibia 1.84 years 2022 down 37.0% volatile
116 Guatemala 1.79 years 2023 up 78.6% volatile
117 India 1.78 years 2025 up 33.2% volatile
118 British Virgin Islands 1.76 years 2024 down 24.7% falling
119 Antigua and Barbuda 1.72 years 2012 up 239.0% rising
120 Liechtenstein 1.71 years 2021 up 18.7% rising
121 Jamaica 1.67 years 2015 up 41.7% volatile
122 Belize 1.65 years 2024 up 6.0% rising
123 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.65 years 2023 up 8,684.8% volatile
124 Honduras 1.56 years 2024 up 15.5% volatile
125 South Africa 1.48 years 2023 up 15.9% rising
126 Cape Verde 1.43 years 2018 up 110.9% volatile
127 Sri Lanka 1.3 years 2023 up 20.9% volatile
128 Samoa 1.3 years 2024 up 30.2% volatile
129 Tajikistan 1.3 years 2017 up 84.6% rising
130 Myanmar 1.23 years 2018 up 88.2% volatile
131 Zimbabwe 1.22 years 2024 up 283.6% volatile
132 Nepal 1.19 years 2024 up 78.8% volatile
133 Gambia 1.16 years 2024 up 874.9% volatile
134 Cambodia 1.13 years 2024 up 84.8% volatile
135 Ghana 1.08 years 2024 up 80.8% volatile
136 Bangladesh 1.05 years 2024 up 84.8% volatile
137 Luxembourg 1.05 years 2024 up 9.2% rising
138 Turkmenistan 1.02 years 2024 up 273.5% rising
139 Bermuda 1.01 years 2023 down 59.2% rising
140 Saint Lucia 1 years 2023 up 2.5% volatile
141 Aruba 0.9997 years 2024 down 21.5% falling
142 Seychelles 0.9665 years 2024 up 84.9% volatile
143 Comoros 0.9146 years 2017 up 274.0% volatile
144 Bhutan 0.8832 years 2024 up 87.0% volatile
145 Senegal 0.8719 years 2024 up 116.0% volatile
146 Cameroon 0.8652 years 2024 up 18.2% volatile
147 Sudan 0.7949 years 2015 up 29.8% rising
148 Lesotho 0.659 years 2018 up 166.5% volatile
149 Angola 0.6554 years 2024 up 59.1% volatile
150 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6502 years 2015 up 244.4% rising
151 Iraq 0.5713 years 2005 up 41.7% rising
152 Rwanda 0.5655 years 2024 up 50.6% volatile
153 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5605 years 2024 up 85.8% volatile
154 Pakistan 0.5506 years 2024 up 21.4% volatile
155 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.5446 years 2023 down 1.1% flat
156 Togo 0.5393 years 2020 up 100.2% volatile
157 Kenya 0.5143 years 2024 up 34.8% volatile
158 Burkina Faso 0.484 years 2024 up 172.7% volatile
159 Congo 0.4465 years 2023 up 10.9% volatile
160 Liberia 0.4118 years 2012 down 36.8% volatile
161 Suriname 0.4027 years 2024 down 23.3% rising
162 Nigeria 0.398 years 2011 up 57.3% volatile
163 Benin 0.3886 years 2022 up 6.1% volatile
164 Laos 0.3793 years 2024 down 59.7% volatile
165 Eswatini 0.3464 years 2013 up 48.9% volatile
166 Guinea 0.3433 years 2014 up 768.9% volatile
167 Madagascar 0.3415 years 2023 up 52.1% volatile
168 Mozambique 0.3342 years 2018 up 149.4% volatile
169 Dominica 0.332 years 1993 up 472.5% volatile
170 Burundi 0.3253 years 2025 up 148.7% volatile
171 Afghanistan 0.2968 years 2020 up 310.0% volatile
172 Gabon 0.2799 years 2003 up 84.0% volatile
173 Yemen 0.2691 years 2011 up 16.3% rising
174 Ethiopia 0.249 years 2014 up 256.7% volatile
175 Mauritania 0.2389 years 2020 up 85.7% volatile
176 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2374 years 2020 up 60.6% volatile
177 Djibouti 0.2071 years 2011 up 658.1% volatile
178 Uganda 0.2006 years 2014 up 44.0% volatile
179 Tanzania 0.1954 years 2024 up 53.0% volatile
180 Malawi 0.1792 years 2024 up 397.8% volatile
181 Niger 0.1753 years 2019 up 370.4% volatile
182 Zambia 0.1703 years 2012 up 129.7% volatile
183 Mali 0.1636 years 2015 up 158.6% volatile
184 Chad 0.1357 years 2020 up 337.0% volatile
185 Eritrea 0.1322 years 2016 up 416.0% volatile
186 Central African Republic 0.0768 years 2012 up 141.2% volatile
187 Papua New Guinea 0.0705 years 1999 up 42.6% rising
188 Sierra Leone 0.0571 years 2002 volatile
189 Haiti 0.0272 years 1986 up 82.6% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
412 places, 14,089 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release