School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 8.49 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Pre-demographic dividend, 1970–2017
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 Pre-demographic dividend is 8.49 years, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 8.65 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2.91 years, in 1970.
That places Pre-demographic dividend 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.91 years | — |
| 1971 | 2.98 years | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 3.11 years | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 3.21 years | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 3.4 years | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 3.56 years | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 3.7 years | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 4.02 years | +8.6% |
| 1978 | 4.4 years | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 4.81 years | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 5.03 years | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 5.26 years | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 5.45 years | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 5.43 years | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 5.37 years | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 5.36 years | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 5.24 years | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 5.2 years | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 5.1 years | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 5.05 years | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 4.99 years | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 5.1 years | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 5.06 years | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 5.14 years | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 5.16 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 5.22 years | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 5.09 years | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 5.33 years | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 5.44 years | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 5.61 years | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 5.83 years | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 6 years | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 6.31 years | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 6.69 years | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 6.95 years | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 7.18 years | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 7.38 years | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 7.42 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 7.67 years | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 7.87 years | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 8.04 years | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 8.19 years | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 8.38 years | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 8.65 years | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 8.54 years | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 8.52 years | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 8.44 years | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 8.49 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.61 years | 2.91 years | 4.81 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.25 years | 5.03 years | 5.45 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.22 years | 4.99 years | 5.61 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.93 years | 5.83 years | 7.87 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.41 years | 8.04 years | 8.65 years | 8 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
- 39 Switzerland 16.31 years compare
- 40 Uruguay 16.27 years compare
- 41 France 16.14 years compare
- 42 Kuwait 16.07 years compare
- 43 Tunisia 16.02 years compare
- 44 Saudi Arabia 16.01 years compare
- 45 Republic of Korea 15.98 years compare
More gender data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1746 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female 197.89 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 3.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 9.27 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.4232 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.7767 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 0.935 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 0.3108 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 129.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Pre-demographic dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Pre-demographic dividend was 8.49 years in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 8.65 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.91 years in 1970.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 42nd out of 43 groups with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-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.