School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Euro area
Euro area: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 17.23 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Euro area, 1970–2019
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 Euro area is 17.23 years, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Euro area peaked at 17.23 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 12 years, in 1971.
That places Euro area 1st out of 43 regions with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Euro area, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 12.12 years | — |
| 1971 | 12 years | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 12.14 years | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 12.33 years | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 12.42 years | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 12.57 years | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 12.73 years | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 12.76 years | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 12.79 years | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 12.76 years | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 12.81 years | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 12.88 years | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 12.9 years | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 13.01 years | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 13.12 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 13.27 years | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 13.52 years | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 13.68 years | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 13.77 years | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 13.91 years | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 14 years | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 14.24 years | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 14.2 years | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 14.61 years | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 15.05 years | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 15.18 years | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 15.38 years | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 15.51 years | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 15.83 years | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 15.72 years | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 15.81 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 15.95 years | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 15.95 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16.06 years | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 16.1 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 16.34 years | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 16.42 years | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 16.42 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16.49 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 16.48 years | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 16.6 years | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 16.76 years | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 16.76 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16.85 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 16.89 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 16.95 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 17 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 17.12 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 17.23 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 17.23 years | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.46 years | 12 years | 12.79 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.29 years | 12.81 years | 13.91 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.97 years | 14 years | 15.83 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.2 years | 15.81 years | 16.49 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.94 years | 16.6 years | 17.23 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More gender data for Euro area
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2281 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female 81.83 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate -0.0473 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 28.76 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.1756 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.0959 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 97.9% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.65 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 32.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Euro area?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Euro area was 17.23 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 17.23 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 years in 1971.
- How does Euro area rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Euro area ranks 1st out of 43 regions with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.