School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 2.25 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 2.25 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in 2019.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 2.25 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5381 years, in 1970.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5381 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.5475 years | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5737 years | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6163 years | +7.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6614 years | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7172 years | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 0.746 years | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7539 years | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7691 years | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7925 years | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.8107 years | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.8341 years | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 0.8414 years | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.847 years | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.8725 years | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.8996 years | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9292 years | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9204 years | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9405 years | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9295 years | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9134 years | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9129 years | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9015 years | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.8795 years | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8782 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8854 years | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8962 years | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9138 years | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9638 years | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9993 years | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 1.05 years | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 1.14 years | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 1.22 years | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 1.27 years | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 1.34 years | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 1.4 years | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 1.49 years | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1.57 years | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 1.7 years | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 1.73 years | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 1.79 years | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1.84 years | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.89 years | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.97 years | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.05 years | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 2.1 years | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.19 years | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 2.23 years | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 2.25 years | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 2.25 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6716 years | 0.5381 years | 0.7925 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8825 years | 0.8107 years | 0.9405 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9144 years | 0.8782 years | 0.9993 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.39 years | 1.05 years | 1.73 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.06 years | 1.79 years | 2.25 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 12 Macau, China 3.75 years compare
- 13 Hong Kong, China 3.74 years compare
- 14 Ukraine 3.64 years compare
- 15 Belarus 3.61 years compare
- 16 Austria 3.57 years compare
- 17 Denmark 3.51 years compare
- 18 New Zealand 3.45 years compare
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 2.25 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.25 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5381 years in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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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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.