School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mexico
Mexico: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 2.17 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mexico, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 2.17 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 63.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mexico peaked at 2.17 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1073 years, in 1971.
That places Mexico 84th out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2021 years | 0.1073 years | 0.3123 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.4926 years | 0.4281 years | 0.5435 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.7611 years | 0.6349 years | 0.9074 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.19 years | 0.9753 years | 1.35 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7 years | 1.4 years | 2.17 years | 9 |
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More education data for Mexico
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 571,832 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.89 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mexico?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Mexico was 2.17 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 2.17 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1073 years in 1971.
- How does Mexico rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Mexico ranks 84th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.