School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Mexico

Mexico: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 15.16 years in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
15.16 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
64th
of 175 countries
All-time high
15.16 years
in 2018
All-time low
7.32 years
in 1972
Years of data
35
1971–2018

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Mexico, 1971–2018

0510151971199420181971: 7.3 years1972: 7.3 years1977: 8.9 years1978: 9.1 years1980: 10.1 years1981: 10.5 years1982: 10.7 years1983: 10.8 years1984: 10.9 years1993: 10.4 years1994: 10.5 years1995: 10.6 years1996: 10.8 years1997: 11 years1998: 11.3 years1999: 11.6 years2000: 11.9 years2001: 12 years2002: 12.3 years2003: 12.7 years2004: 12.8 years2005: 12.8 years2006: 12.9 years2007: 13.1 years2008: 13.3 years2009: 13.4 years2010: 13.5 years2011: 13.6 years2012: 13.8 years2013: 14 years2014: 14.1 years2015: 14.3 years2016: 14.8 years2017: 15 years2018: 15.2 years

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 Mexico is 15.16 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Mexico peaked at 15.16 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7.32 years, in 1972.

That places Mexico 64th out of 175 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 8.16 years 7.32 years 9.07 years 4
1980s 10.6 years 10.07 years 10.94 years 5
1990s 10.88 years 10.43 years 11.56 years 7
2000s 12.71 years 11.87 years 13.38 years 10
2010s 14.26 years 13.51 years 15.16 years 9

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 61 Venezuela 15.41 years compare
  2. 62 Mongolia 15.29 years compare
  3. 63 Serbia 15.21 years compare
  4. 65 Ukraine 15.09 years compare
  5. 66 Dominican Republic 14.99 years compare
  6. 67 Slovak Republic 14.98 years compare

See the full ranking of 220 places β†’

More gender data for Mexico

All data for Mexico β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Mexico?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Mexico was 15.16 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 Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 15.16 years in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 7.32 years in 1972.
How does Mexico rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Mexico ranks 64th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mexico 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
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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.