School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uruguay
Uruguay: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 2.94 years in 2006. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uruguay, 1974–2006
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uruguay is 2.94 years, measured in 2006. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uruguay peaked at 2.94 years in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.5654 years, in 1974.
That places Uruguay 63rd out of 177 countries with data for 2006, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7326 years | 0.5654 years | 0.8529 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 1.04 years | 0.8179 years | 1.19 years | 3 |
| 1990s | 2.16 years | 2.07 years | 2.25 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.71 years | 2.17 years | 2.94 years | 7 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 18,882 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.4 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uruguay?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uruguay was 2.94 years in 2006, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2.94 years in 2006.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5654 years in 1974.
- How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Uruguay ranks 63rd out of 177 countries with data for 2006.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.