School life expectancy, tertiary, male in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 1.84 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.84 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
101st
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.84 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.5407 years
in 1973
Years of data
52
1973–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries recorded 1.84 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 1.84 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5407 years, in 1973.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 101st 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, male in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.5407 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.5514 years | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.5425 years | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.5631 years | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 0.588 years | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5934 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6081 years | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5603 years | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 0.5514 years | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.5638 years | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5642 years | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.5736 years | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5888 years | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.5848 years | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.5926 years | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5887 years | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.5939 years | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5952 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.5929 years | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.598 years | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.6097 years | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.6285 years | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6496 years | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 0.6639 years | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6732 years | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.6792 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6863 years | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6956 years | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.7407 years | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7806 years | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8305 years | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8749 years | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9152 years | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9634 years | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 1.02 years | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 1.07 years | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 1.11 years | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 1.18 years | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 1.26 years | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 1.31 years | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.34 years | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.45 years | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 1.51 years | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 1.53 years | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.54 years | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.57 years | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.58 years | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.63 years | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 1.71 years | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 1.77 years | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 1.83 years | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 1.84 years | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5696 years | 0.5407 years | 0.6081 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.5762 years | 0.5514 years | 0.5939 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6376 years | 0.5929 years | 0.6863 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9009 years | 0.6956 years | 1.11 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.43 years | 1.18 years | 1.58 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.76 years | 1.63 years | 1.84 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- 98 Palestine, State of 1.79 years compare
- 99 Barbados 1.73 years compare
- 100 Viet Nam 1.72 years compare
- 101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.67 years compare
- 102 India 1.66 years compare
- 103 Malaysia 1.57 years compare
- 104 Trinidad and Tobago 1.55 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, male in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 1.84 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1.84 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5407 years in 1973.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 101st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release