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School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
189
Highest
7.52 years
Greece
Lowest
0.078 years
Haiti
Median
1.86 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
14,076

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 7.52 years in Greece; the lowest is 0.078 years in Haiti.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.86 years, and the mean is 1.98 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 96.

Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 6,357.5%), and the largest decrease in Laos (down 64.2%).

School life expectancy, tertiary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 7.52 years 2023 up 49.2% rising
2 Macao 6.19 years 2024 up 130.5% rising
3 Hong Kong 5.33 years 2024 up 64.5% rising
4 Korea 5.24 years 2024 down 2.6% flat
5 Türkiye 5.07 years 2023 up 16.2% volatile
6 Russia 5 years 2024 up 28.4% rising
7 Chile 4.67 years 2024 up 16.2% rising
8 Finland 4.38 years 2024 up 8.2% flat
9 Ukraine 4.37 years 2024 up 18.9% rising
10 Fiji 4.28 years 2024 up 29.3% volatile
11 Australia 4.21 years 2024 down 13.2% falling
12 Singapore 4.1 years 2023 down 23.1% rising
13 Grenada 4.09 years 2018 up 72.0% volatile
14 Georgia 4.06 years 2025 up 75.1% rising
15 Cyprus 4.01 years 2024 up 90.5% rising
16 Spain 3.94 years 2024 up 11.3% rising
17 Netherlands 3.92 years 2023 up 8.3% rising
18 Argentina 3.84 years 2023 up 23.5% rising
19 Uzbekistan 3.76 years 2025 up 651.4% volatile
20 Saudi Arabia 3.65 years 2024 up 74.1% volatile
21 Norway 3.58 years 2024 up 12.9% rising
22 Moldova 3.56 years 2024 up 59.5% rising
23 China (People's Republic of) 3.56 years 2024 up 80.2% volatile
24 Panama 3.55 years 2023 up 107.1% rising
25 Austria 3.54 years 2024 up 0.1% flat
26 Albania 3.54 years 2024 up 26.7% volatile
27 Ireland 3.48 years 2022 up 9.8% rising
28 Peru 3.42 years 2017 up 107.0% volatile
29 Portugal 3.42 years 2023 up 17.6% rising
30 Belgium 3.41 years 2023 up 10.7% rising
31 Germany 3.3 years 2024 up 6.0% rising
32 United Kingdom 3.3 years 2023 up 33.6% rising
33 United States 3.27 years 2022 down 16.2% rising
34 Japan 3.27 years 2023 down 0.2% flat
35 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.2 years 2015 up 394.9% volatile
36 Latvia 3.19 years 2024 up 13.2% rising
37 Ecuador 3.14 years 2023 up 61.6% rising
38 Croatia 3.14 years 2023 up 13.8% rising
39 Belarus 3.12 years 2024 down 15.5% rising
40 Denmark 3.11 years 2024 down 13.0% rising
41 France 3.11 years 2024 up 12.9% rising
42 Canada 3.09 years 2023 up 9.5% rising
43 Kazakhstan 3.07 years 2025 up 41.0% rising
44 Italy 3.07 years 2023 up 26.8% rising
45 Slovenia 3.03 years 2023 down 9.0% flat
46 Puerto Rico 3.03 years 2023 down 22.7% flat
47 Switzerland 3.02 years 2024 up 10.3% rising
48 Uruguay 2.96 years 2023 — rising
49 Sweden 2.95 years 2024 up 11.2% falling
50 Venezuela 2.92 years 2008 up 156.9% rising
51 Palau 2.91 years 2024 up 10.6% rising
52 Iran 2.91 years 2022 up 11.0% volatile
53 Poland 2.89 years 2024 up 9.2% flat
54 New Zealand 2.86 years 2024 down 20.1% falling
55 Lithuania 2.85 years 2024 down 6.5% flat
56 San Marino 2.83 years 2024 up 12.9% rising
57 Serbia 2.81 years 2024 up 14.6% rising
58 Colombia 2.78 years 2022 up 23.6% rising
59 Paraguay 2.76 years 2011 up 239.2% volatile
60 Monaco 2.75 years 2024 up 32.2% rising
61 Libya 2.75 years 2003 up 258.0% volatile
62 Brazil 2.74 years 2024 up 27.9% rising
63 Bulgaria 2.7 years 2024 down 10.9% rising
64 Czechia 2.66 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
65 Israel 2.65 years 2024 down 9.4% rising
66 Kyrgyzstan 2.61 years 2025 up 17.4% rising
67 Thailand 2.58 years 2025 down 6.4% rising
68 Andorra 2.55 years 2024 up 472.8% volatile
69 Hungary 2.53 years 2024 up 10.9% flat
70 United Arab Emirates 2.51 years 2024 up 19.5% volatile
71 Liechtenstein 2.47 years 2021 down 10.1% rising
72 Mongolia 2.47 years 2024 down 10.0% rising
73 Costa Rica 2.46 years 2019 up 24.0% rising
74 Malta 2.44 years 2023 up 30.2% rising
75 Estonia 2.39 years 2024 down 13.6% flat
76 Iceland 2.38 years 2023 down 22.7% rising
77 Romania 2.29 years 2023 up 4.3% rising
78 Mexico 2.29 years 2024 up 38.7% rising
79 North Macedonia 2.22 years 2023 up 28.7% rising
80 Tonga 2.22 years 2024 — volatile
81 Morocco 2.21 years 2024 up 73.4% volatile
82 Montenegro 2.19 years 2023 down 18.7% rising
83 Armenia 2.19 years 2024 down 1.8% rising
84 Lebanon 2.17 years 2019 up 14.4% rising
85 Marshall Islands 2.15 years 2024 down 16.8% rising
86 Algeria 2.14 years 2024 up 53.3% rising
87 Dominican Republic 2.12 years 2024 up 12.3% rising
88 Indonesia 2.11 years 2023 up 51.8% volatile
89 Philippines 2.07 years 2024 up 40.6% rising
90 Slovak Republic 2.06 years 2024 up 1.4% rising
91 Syria 2.02 years 2016 up 84.0% rising
92 Bahrain 2.01 years 2024 up 46.0% volatile
93 Kuwait 2 years 2021 up 0.2% volatile
94 Egypt 1.87 years 2025 up 12.6% rising
95 Tajikistan 1.86 years 2017 up 19.1% rising
96 Azerbaijan 1.85 years 2024 up 66.7% rising
97 Mauritius 1.83 years 2024 up 2.2% volatile
98 Palestine 1.79 years 2023 down 13.6% rising
99 Barbados 1.73 years 2025 down 10.5% rising
100 Vietnam 1.72 years 2024 up 11.1% volatile
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.67 years 2023 down 20.6% rising
102 India 1.66 years 2025 up 21.0% volatile
103 Malaysia 1.57 years 2024 down 6.5% rising
104 Trinidad and Tobago 1.55 years 2024 — volatile
105 Jordan 1.53 years 2024 down 6.4% rising
106 Guatemala 1.46 years 2023 up 52.8% volatile
107 Maldives 1.43 years 2022 up 220.9% volatile
108 El Salvador 1.4 years 2024 down 7.7% rising
109 Cuba 1.39 years 2024 down 13.7% volatile
110 Botswana 1.37 years 2024 up 23.7% volatile
111 Tunisia 1.37 years 2023 up 2.8% volatile
112 Nicaragua 1.35 years 2023 — volatile
113 Brunei 1.33 years 2023 up 64.0% volatile
114 Oman 1.33 years 2024 up 10.1% volatile
115 Bangladesh 1.3 years 2024 up 63.1% volatile
116 British Virgin Islands 1.08 years 2024 down 28.2% falling
117 Namibia 1.07 years 2022 down 37.6% volatile
118 Honduras 1.07 years 2024 up 7.5% rising
119 Ghana 1.05 years 2024 up 16.1% volatile
120 Cambodia 1.01 years 2024 up 28.7% volatile
121 Iraq 0.9785 years 2005 up 29.8% rising
122 Zimbabwe 0.9768 years 2024 up 132.1% volatile
123 Comoros 0.9686 years 2017 up 154.8% volatile
124 Jamaica 0.9649 years 2015 up 86.7% rising
125 Turkmenistan 0.9499 years 2024 up 123.9% rising
126 Togo 0.9465 years 2020 up 18.7% volatile
127 Qatar 0.9455 years 2024 up 120.0% rising
128 Nepal 0.9334 years 2024 up 42.2% rising
129 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9161 years 2023 up 64.9% volatile
130 Cape Verde 0.9112 years 2018 up 83.7% volatile
131 Cameroon 0.9055 years 2024 down 4.0% volatile
132 Belize 0.9054 years 2024 down 2.4% rising
133 South Africa 0.8901 years 2023 down 5.7% rising
134 United States Virgin Islands 0.8888 years 1993 up 4.9% flat
135 Luxembourg 0.864 years 2024 down 1.6% rising
136 Myanmar 0.838 years 2018 up 83.6% volatile
137 Senegal 0.8231 years 2024 up 20.0% volatile
138 Guinea 0.8028 years 2014 up 243.7% volatile
139 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7957 years 2012 up 718.5% rising
140 Guyana 0.7944 years 2024 up 103.9% volatile
141 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.7943 years 2023 up 6,357.5% volatile
142 Sudan 0.7915 years 2015 up 39.0% rising
143 Afghanistan 0.7792 years 2020 up 146.0% volatile
144 Sri Lanka 0.7784 years 2023 up 12.1% volatile
145 Rwanda 0.7397 years 2024 up 54.1% volatile
146 Bhutan 0.7166 years 2024 up 28.8% volatile
147 Angola 0.6974 years 2024 up 36.5% volatile
148 Burkina Faso 0.6969 years 2024 up 84.5% volatile
149 Benin 0.6948 years 2022 down 35.0% volatile
150 Bermuda 0.6856 years 2023 down 36.4% rising
151 Congo 0.6749 years 2023 up 18.9% rising
152 Liberia 0.6727 years 2012 down 44.1% volatile
153 Kenya 0.6683 years 2024 up 22.4% volatile
154 Sao Tome and Principe 0.632 years 2015 up 210.2% rising
155 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6265 years 2024 up 18.3% volatile
156 Samoa 0.6128 years 2024 up 15.7% volatile
157 Yemen 0.6046 years 2011 down 10.7% rising
158 Nigeria 0.5734 years 2011 up 75.6% rising
159 Pakistan 0.5354 years 2024 up 26.8% volatile
160 Ethiopia 0.5109 years 2014 up 154.0% volatile
161 Gabon 0.4844 years 2003 up 35.1% volatile
162 Saint Lucia 0.4799 years 2023 up 1.0% volatile
163 Seychelles 0.4557 years 2024 up 118.8% volatile
164 Mauritania 0.449 years 2020 up 30.9% rising
165 Aruba 0.4319 years 2024 down 28.1% falling
166 Lesotho 0.4263 years 2018 up 117.0% volatile
167 Mozambique 0.4127 years 2018 up 88.4% volatile
168 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4008 years 2020 down 16.2% volatile
169 Mali 0.3978 years 2015 up 220.2% volatile
170 Burundi 0.3678 years 2025 down 7.1% volatile
171 Laos 0.3659 years 2024 down 64.2% volatile
172 Dominica 0.3623 years 1993 up 3,846.4% volatile
173 Eswatini 0.3551 years 2013 up 70.6% rising
174 Chad 0.3463 years 2020 up 94.7% volatile
175 Madagascar 0.339 years 2023 up 38.5% rising
176 Djibouti 0.3083 years 2011 up 707.7% volatile
177 Niger 0.3082 years 2019 up 253.3% volatile
178 Uganda 0.2616 years 2014 up 15.0% volatile
179 Suriname 0.2541 years 2024 down 38.6% falling
180 Tanzania 0.2462 years 2024 up 2.4% volatile
181 Malawi 0.2425 years 2024 up 414.7% volatile
182 Central African Republic 0.2278 years 2012 up 41.1% rising
183 Zambia 0.2261 years 2012 up 36.6% rising
184 Gambia 0.1971 years 2024 up 4.4% rising
185 Eritrea 0.1877 years 2016 up 8.4% rising
186 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.1479 years 2023 down 37.1% falling
187 Sierra Leone 0.1419 years 2002 — volatile
188 Papua New Guinea 0.1231 years 1999 down 5.5% rising
189 Haiti 0.078 years 1986 up 62.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
412 places, 14,076 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release