School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 2.3 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean is 2.3 years, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 2.3 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.557 years, in 1970.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.557 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.5713 years | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.6013 years | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6436 years | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6842 years | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7376 years | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 0.7636 years | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7701 years | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.7822 years | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.8035 years | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.8216 years | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.8457 years | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 0.8546 years | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8621 years | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.8884 years | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9153 years | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 0.9463 years | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 0.9377 years | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9574 years | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.9475 years | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.933 years | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9336 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9261 years | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9083 years | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.9074 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9153 years | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.9281 years | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9458 years | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.9962 years | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1.03 years | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 1.08 years | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 1.17 years | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 1.25 years | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 1.31 years | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 1.37 years | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 1.44 years | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 1.53 years | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 1.61 years | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 1.74 years | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 1.77 years | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1.84 years | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 1.89 years | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.94 years | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 2.02 years | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.1 years | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 2.15 years | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.24 years | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 2.27 years | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.3 years | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 2.3 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6914 years | 0.557 years | 0.8035 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8977 years | 0.8216 years | 0.9574 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9427 years | 0.9074 years | 1.03 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.43 years | 1.08 years | 1.77 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.11 years | 1.84 years | 2.3 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 104.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.005 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean was 2.3 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.557 years in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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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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.