School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 16.78 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Post-demographic dividend, 1971–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 16.78 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 16.78 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.1 years, in 1971.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 11.1 years | — |
| 1972 | 11.19 years | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 11.4 years | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 11.52 years | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 11.69 years | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 11.91 years | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 12.08 years | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 12.2 years | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 12.15 years | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 12.57 years | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 12.62 years | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 12.8 years | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 12.89 years | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 13.04 years | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 13.14 years | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 13.37 years | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 13.55 years | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 13.74 years | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 13.86 years | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 13.93 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 14.11 years | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 14.34 years | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 14.53 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 14.73 years | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 14.92 years | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 15.04 years | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 15.24 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 15.41 years | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 15.36 years | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 15.2 years | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 15.4 years | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 15.49 years | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 15.64 years | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 15.76 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 15.92 years | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 15.98 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 16.06 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 16.16 years | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 16.27 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 16.32 years | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 16.39 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 16.39 years | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 16.63 years | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 16.68 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 16.7 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 16.73 years | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 16.78 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 16.76 years | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 16.78 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.69 years | 11.1 years | 12.2 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 13.16 years | 12.57 years | 13.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.76 years | 13.93 years | 15.41 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.79 years | 15.2 years | 16.27 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.61 years | 16.32 years | 16.78 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
More gender data for Post-demographic dividend
- Labor force, female 260.64 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2301 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.235 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 8.26 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 89.0% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.01 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 31.5% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 90.5% (2025)
- Female migrants 51.5% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Post-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Post-demographic dividend was 16.78 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 Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 16.78 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1 years in 1971.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-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.