School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia
Europe & Central Asia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 16.26 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia recorded 16.26 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia peaked at 16.26 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11.51 years, in 1971.
Europe & Central Asia ranks 7th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 11.58 years | — |
| 1971 | 11.51 years | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 11.52 years | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 11.59 years | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 11.65 years | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 11.74 years | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 11.82 years | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 11.86 years | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 11.89 years | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 11.89 years | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 11.93 years | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 11.95 years | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 12 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 12.09 years | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 12.2 years | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 12.31 years | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 12.47 years | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 12.57 years | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 12.62 years | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 12.59 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 12.61 years | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 12.64 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 12.56 years | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 12.66 years | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 12.75 years | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 12.86 years | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 13.03 years | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 13.14 years | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 13.37 years | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 13.52 years | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 13.69 years | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 13.98 years | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 14.21 years | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 14.39 years | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 14.39 years | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 14.56 years | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 14.67 years | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 14.75 years | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 14.82 years | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 14.9 years | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 15.15 years | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 15.3 years | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 15.32 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 15.86 years | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 15.9 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 16 years | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 16.06 years | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 16.09 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 16.24 years | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 16.26 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.71 years | 11.51 years | 11.89 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.27 years | 11.93 years | 12.62 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.91 years | 12.56 years | 13.52 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.43 years | 13.69 years | 14.9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.82 years | 15.15 years | 16.26 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia
More gender data for Europe & Central Asia
- Labor force, female 195.42 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2096 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate -0.066 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 7.08 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 113.5% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.91 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 27.2% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 9.0% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 14.0% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Europe & Central Asia was 16.26 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?
- The highest recorded value was 16.26 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.51 years in 1971.
- How does Europe & Central Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Europe & Central Asia ranks 7th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia 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.