School life expectancy, tertiary, female in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 3.54 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in MDG: Latin America, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in MDG: Latin America is 3.54 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in MDG: Latin America peaked at 3.54 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.84 years, in 1999.
MDG: Latin America ranks 45th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.84 years | — |
| 2000 | 1.85 years | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.9 years | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 1.96 years | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.99 years | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 2.02 years | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 2.08 years | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.16 years | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 2.24 years | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 2.33 years | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 2.37 years | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 2.43 years | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.5 years | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2.56 years | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.67 years | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 2.79 years | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 2.86 years | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.99 years | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 3.05 years | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 3.08 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 3.14 years | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 3.23 years | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 3.38 years | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 3.49 years | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 3.53 years | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 3.54 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.84 years | 1.84 years | 1.84 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.09 years | 1.85 years | 2.37 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.81 years | 2.43 years | 3.14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.43 years | 3.23 years | 3.54 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
More education data for MDG: Latin America
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 30.47 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 29.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 19.46 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 14.22 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.64 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in MDG: Latin America?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in MDG: Latin America was 3.54 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.54 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.84 years in 1999.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 45th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Latin America data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release