School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 15.32 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean recorded 15.32 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 15.32 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.31 years, in 1970.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 12th 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 Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 10.31 years | — |
| 1971 | 10.4 years | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 10.44 years | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 10.6 years | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 10.73 years | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 10.87 years | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 11.06 years | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 11.2 years | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 11.32 years | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 11.52 years | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 11.61 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 11.81 years | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 11.87 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 11.94 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 12.02 years | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 12.11 years | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 12.18 years | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 12.2 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 12.23 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 12.2 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 12.2 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 12.22 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 12.27 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 12.25 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 12.23 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 12.32 years | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 12.43 years | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 12.55 years | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 12.76 years | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 12.93 years | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 13.08 years | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 13.14 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 13.28 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 13.24 years | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 13.27 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 13.39 years | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 13.5 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 13.64 years | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 13.91 years | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 14.04 years | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 14.17 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 14.25 years | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 14.29 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 14.78 years | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 14.88 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 14.93 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 15.1 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 15.13 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 15.25 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 15.32 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.85 years | 10.31 years | 11.52 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.02 years | 11.61 years | 12.23 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.42 years | 12.2 years | 12.93 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.45 years | 13.08 years | 14.04 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.81 years | 14.17 years | 15.32 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More gender data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Labor force, female 136.62 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.205 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 1.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 6.64 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 135.1% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.51 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 29.4% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 25.5% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 29.2% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Latin America & Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Latin America & Caribbean was 15.32 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 Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 15.32 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.31 years in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 12th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.