School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: North America
UNICEF: North America: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 4.74 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: North America, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: North America is 4.74 years, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: North America peaked at 5.37 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.71 years, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: North America 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: North America, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.71 years | — |
| 2000 | 3.71 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3.77 years | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 4.36 years | +15.5% |
| 2003 | 4.5 years | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 4.64 years | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 4.66 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 4.77 years | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 4.81 years | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 4.89 years | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 5.05 years | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 5.32 years | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 5.35 years | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 5.37 years | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 5.13 years | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 5.05 years | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 5.01 years | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 4.95 years | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 4.91 years | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 4.91 years | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.93 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 4.97 years | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 4.94 years | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 4.76 years | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 4.74 years | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.71 years | 3.71 years | 3.71 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.52 years | 3.71 years | 5.05 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.09 years | 4.91 years | 5.37 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.85 years | 4.74 years | 4.97 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: North America
More education data for UNICEF: North America
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.65 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 8.81 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 13.48 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 7.42 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 7.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: North America?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in UNICEF: North America was 4.74 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in UNICEF: North America?
- The highest recorded value was 5.37 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in UNICEF: North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.71 years in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: North America rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- UNICEF: North America ranks 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: North 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release