School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 2.03 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.03 years
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
107th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.03 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.5448 years
in 1981
Years of data
52
1973–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 2.03 years. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 2.03 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5448 years, in 1981.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 107th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5849 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.5927 years | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.5801 years | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.599 years | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 0.6229 years | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6252 years | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.634 years | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5705 years | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 0.5448 years | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 0.562 years | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5617 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.5691 years | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.5813 years | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.5654 years | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.5727 years | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5703 years | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.5795 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.583 years | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.5875 years | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.597 years | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.6111 years | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.6259 years | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.6454 years | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.6552 years | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.6667 years | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6794 years | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6935 years | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7029 years | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.7526 years | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8043 years | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8485 years | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8991 years | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9423 years | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 1 years | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 1.05 years | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 1.11 years | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 1.14 years | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1.19 years | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 1.27 years | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 1.35 years | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 1.4 years | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 1.54 years | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 1.6 years | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.65 years | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1.66 years | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.71 years | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.75 years | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 1.8 years | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.88 years | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 1.94 years | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 2.01 years | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 2.03 years | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6055 years | 0.5801 years | 0.634 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.5677 years | 0.5448 years | 0.5813 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6345 years | 0.583 years | 0.6935 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.925 years | 0.7029 years | 1.14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 years | 1.19 years | 1.75 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.93 years | 1.8 years | 2.03 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- 104 Syrian Arab Republic 2.37 years compare
- 105 Azerbaijan 2.33 years compare
- 106 Malaysia 2.3 years compare
- 107 Jordan 2.27 years compare
- 108 Brunei Darussalam 2.08 years compare
- 109 Viet Nam 2.04 years compare
- 110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.94 years compare
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 274.67 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 178.96 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 371.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 374.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 181.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 2.03 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 2.03 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5448 years in 1981.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 107th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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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February 2026 Data Release