School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 15.37 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1993–2019
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 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) is 15.37 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 15.37 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11.21 years, in 1994.
That places Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 11.37 years | — |
| 1994 | 11.21 years | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 11.26 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 11.36 years | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 11.33 years | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 11.4 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 11.51 years | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 11.61 years | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 11.99 years | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 12.35 years | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 12.59 years | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 12.56 years | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 12.69 years | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 12.88 years | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 13.05 years | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 13.12 years | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 13.25 years | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 13.63 years | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 13.95 years | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 14.01 years | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 14.6 years | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 14.72 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 14.92 years | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 15.03 years | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 15.02 years | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 15.32 years | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 15.37 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.35 years | 11.21 years | 11.51 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 12.61 years | 11.61 years | 13.25 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.66 years | 13.63 years | 15.37 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- 7 New Zealand 19.88 years compare
- 8 Greece 19.46 years compare
- 9 Denmark 19.44 years compare
- 10 Grenada 19.18 years compare
- 11 Argentina 18.91 years compare
- 12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.85 years compare
- 13 Netherlands 18.85 years compare
More gender data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Labor force, female 36.28 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1433 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.6952 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 5.97 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 156.5% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.4 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 16.9% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 10.5% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 15.9% (2016)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 15.37 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 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.37 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.21 years in 1994.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.