School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of)

China (People’s Republic of): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 12.4 years in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
12.4 years
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
112th
of 175 countries
All-time high
12.4 years
in 2010
All-time low
7.23 years
in 1980
Years of data
11
1976–2010

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of), 1976–2010

02.557.51012.51976199320101976: 7.5 years1977: 7.8 years1978: 7.9 years1979: 7.6 years1980: 7.2 years1994: 8.3 years2006: 11.3 years2007: 11.7 years2008: 12 years2009: 12.3 years2010: 12.4 years

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of) is 12.4 years, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.6% over five years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 12.4 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.23 years, in 1980.

That places China (People’s Republic of) 112th out of 175 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 7.7 years 7.47 years 7.92 years 4
1980s 7.23 years 7.23 years 7.23 years 1
1990s 8.28 years 8.28 years 8.28 years 1
2000s 11.81 years 11.31 years 12.27 years 4
2010s 12.4 years 12.4 years 12.4 years 1

Countries ranked near China (People’s Republic of)

  1. 109 Paraguay 12.53 years compare
  2. 110 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 12.53 years compare
  3. 111 Trinidad and Tobago 12.47 years compare
  4. 113 Bangladesh 12.39 years compare
  5. 114 Samoa 12.38 years compare
  6. 115 Uzbekistan, Republic of 12.38 years compare

See the full ranking of 220 places →

More gender data for China (People’s Republic of)

All data for China (People’s Republic of) →

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of)?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of) was 12.4 years in 2010, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
The highest recorded value was 12.4 years in 2010.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
The lowest recorded value was 7.23 years in 1980.
How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 112th out of 175 countries with data for 2010.
Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of). Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/stat/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-female-years/china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/stat/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-female-years/china/">School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in China (People’s Republic of)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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.