School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 14.63 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Late-demographic dividend, 1975–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Late-demographic dividend stood at 14.63 years. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 14.63 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.31 years, in 1975.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 13th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8.31 years | — |
| 1976 | 8.57 years | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 8.86 years | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 9 years | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 8.84 years | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 8.71 years | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 8.67 years | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 8.54 years | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 8.56 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 8.68 years | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 8.97 years | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 9.29 years | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 9.47 years | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 9.66 years | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 9.57 years | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 9.56 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 9.57 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 9.61 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 9.59 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 9.56 years | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 9.72 years | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 9.89 years | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 10.02 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 10.18 years | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 10.45 years | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 10.87 years | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 10.95 years | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 11.2 years | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 11.37 years | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 11.62 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 11.89 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 12.03 years | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 12.28 years | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 12.56 years | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 12.75 years | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 12.92 years | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 13.07 years | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 13.19 years | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 13.57 years | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 13.77 years | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 13.88 years | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 14 years | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 14.12 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 14.34 years | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 14.63 years | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.72 years | 8.31 years | 9 years | 5 |
| 1980s | 9.01 years | 8.54 years | 9.66 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.82 years | 9.56 years | 10.45 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.75 years | 10.87 years | 12.75 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.75 years | 12.92 years | 14.63 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
More gender data for Late-demographic dividend
- Labor force, female 553.30 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2374 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.0937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 12.44 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 102.4% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 13.96 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 22.5% (2025)
- Literacy rate, adult female 95.8% (2024)
- Female migrants 42.2% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Late-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Late-demographic dividend was 14.63 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 Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 14.63 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.31 years in 1975.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.