School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
191
Highest
7.89 years
Greece
Lowest
0.0272 years
Haiti
Median
2.68 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
14,089
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) is currently reported for 191 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 2.68 years, and the mean is 2.63 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 290.
Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 8,684.8%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 72.0%).
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) (female years): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Turkey | 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 | South 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 | 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 | Slovakia | 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 | Cook Islands | 1.13 years | 2024 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Ghana | 1.08 years | 2024 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 1.05 years | 2024 | up 84.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 1.05 years | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 139 | Turkmenistan | 1.02 years | 2024 | up 273.5% | rising |
| 140 | Bermuda | 1.01 years | 2023 | down 59.2% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 1 years | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Aruba | 0.9997 years | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 143 | Seychelles | 0.9665 years | 2024 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Comoros | 0.9146 years | 2017 | up 274.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Bhutan | 0.8832 years | 2024 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Senegal | 0.8719 years | 2024 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Cameroon | 0.8652 years | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Sudan | 0.7949 years | 2015 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 149 | Lesotho | 0.659 years | 2018 | up 166.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Angola | 0.6554 years | 2024 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6502 years | 2015 | up 244.4% | rising |
| 152 | Iraq | 0.5713 years | 2005 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 153 | Rwanda | 0.5655 years | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5605 years | 2024 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Pakistan | 0.5506 years | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.5446 years | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 157 | Togo | 0.5393 years | 2020 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Kenya | 0.5143 years | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 0.484 years | 2024 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Congo | 0.4465 years | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Anguilla | 0.4447 years | 2008 | — | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 0.4118 years | 2012 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Suriname | 0.4027 years | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 164 | Nigeria | 0.398 years | 2011 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Benin | 0.3886 years | 2022 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Laos | 0.3793 years | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Eswatini | 0.3464 years | 2013 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea | 0.3433 years | 2014 | up 768.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Madagascar | 0.3415 years | 2023 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Mozambique | 0.3342 years | 2018 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Dominica | 0.332 years | 1993 | up 472.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Burundi | 0.3253 years | 2025 | up 148.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 0.2968 years | 2020 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Gabon | 0.2799 years | 2003 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.2691 years | 2011 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 0.249 years | 2014 | up 256.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Mauritania | 0.2389 years | 2020 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2374 years | 2020 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Djibouti | 0.2071 years | 2011 | up 658.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Uganda | 0.2006 years | 2014 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Tanzania | 0.1954 years | 2024 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Malawi | 0.1792 years | 2024 | up 397.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Niger | 0.1753 years | 2019 | up 370.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Zambia | 0.1703 years | 2012 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Mali | 0.1636 years | 2015 | up 158.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Chad | 0.1357 years | 2020 | up 337.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Eritrea | 0.1322 years | 2016 | up 416.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 0.0768 years | 2012 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0705 years | 1999 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 190 | Sierra Leone | 0.0571 years | 2002 | — | volatile |
| 191 | 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.
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 5.51 years
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 4.87 years
- UNICEF: North America 4.74 years
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 4.74 years
- SDG: Northern America 4.74 years
- WB: North America 4.74 years
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 4.62 years
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 4.56 years
- WB: Euro Area 4.55 years
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 4.55 years
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 4.53 years
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 4.49 years
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 4.46 years
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 4.46 years
- MDG: Developed Regions 4.45 years
- UNICEF: Western Europe 4.44 years
- SDG: Europe 4.41 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 4.39 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 4.39 years
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 4.39 years
- WB: European Union 4.39 years
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 4.34 years
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 4.34 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 4.34 years
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 4.33 years
- WB: Oecd Members 4.32 years
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 4.31 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 4.23 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 4.16 years
- MDG: Eastern Asia 4.08 years
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 4.06 years
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 4.03 years
- SDG: Eastern Asia 4.03 years
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 4.02 years
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 3.99 years
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 3.9 years
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 3.9 years
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 3.86 years
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 3.83 years
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 3.72 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release