School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 13.31 years in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Caribbean Small States, 1970–2016
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Caribbean Small States recorded 13.31 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2016.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Caribbean Small States peaked at 13.76 years in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10.6 years, in 1973.
That places Caribbean Small States 19th out of 43 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 11.1 years | — |
| 1971 | 10.99 years | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 11.13 years | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 10.6 years | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 10.64 years | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 11.15 years | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 11.31 years | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 11.43 years | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 11.57 years | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 11.67 years | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 11.73 years | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 11.5 years | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 11.52 years | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 11.51 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 11.38 years | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 11.5 years | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 11.65 years | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 11.71 years | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 11.96 years | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 11.99 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 12.02 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 11.96 years | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 11.96 years | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 11.88 years | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 12.04 years | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 12.02 years | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 12.06 years | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 12.1 years | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 12.07 years | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 12.01 years | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 11.87 years | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 11.97 years | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 12.41 years | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 12.48 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 12.7 years | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 12.99 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 13.14 years | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 13.32 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 13.76 years | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 13.54 years | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 13.52 years | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 13.55 years | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 13.4 years | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 13.33 years | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 13.21 years | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 13.25 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 13.31 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.16 years | 10.6 years | 11.67 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.64 years | 11.38 years | 11.99 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.01 years | 11.88 years | 12.1 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.82 years | 11.87 years | 13.76 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.37 years | 13.21 years | 13.55 years | 7 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
- 16 Spain 18.21 years compare
- 17 Puerto Rico 17.99 years compare
- 18 United Kingdom 17.74 years compare
- 19 Turkey 17.61 years compare
- 20 Hong Kong 17.49 years compare
- 21 Macao 17.12 years compare
- 22 Costa Rica 17.06 years compare
More gender data for Caribbean Small States
- Labor force, female 871,330 (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1912 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.8974 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 2.09 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.9456 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.6411 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 0.5944 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 0.5928 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 151.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Caribbean Small States?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Caribbean Small States was 13.31 years in 2016, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 13.76 years in 2008.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 years in 1973.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 19th out of 43 groups with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.