School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in France
France: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 16.14 years in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in France, 1979β2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
France recorded 16.14 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in France peaked at 16.14 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 12.69 years, in 1979.
That places France 41st out of 175 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.69 years | 12.69 years | 12.69 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 13.34 years | 12.75 years | 14.21 years | 8 |
| 1990s | 15.41 years | 14.37 years | 15.99 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.18 years | 14.86 years | 15.45 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.75 years | 15.42 years | 16.14 years | 9 |
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More gender data for France
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 310,512 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 325,288 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 312,212 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 326,662 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 325,263 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 340,189 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 341,506 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 357,036 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 335,592 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 350,401 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in France?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in France was 16.14 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 16.14 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.69 years in 1979.
- How does France rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- France ranks 41st out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.