School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in Small states
Small states: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) was 12.3 years in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Small states, 1970–2015
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Small states recorded 12.3 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2015. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Small states peaked at 12.3 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 8.59 years, in 1971.
That places Small states 26th out of 45 groups with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in Small states, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.7 years | — |
| 1971 | 8.59 years | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 8.72 years | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 8.68 years | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 8.83 years | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 9.05 years | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 9.19 years | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 9.24 years | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 9.3 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 9.32 years | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 9.37 years | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 9.38 years | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 9.42 years | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 9.47 years | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 9.47 years | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 9.54 years | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 9.6 years | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 9.65 years | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 9.7 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 9.74 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 9.73 years | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 9.77 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 9.81 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 9.78 years | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 9.93 years | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 10.02 years | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 10.09 years | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 10.18 years | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 10.25 years | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 10.25 years | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 10.38 years | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 10.57 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 10.7 years | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 10.88 years | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 11.02 years | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 11.14 years | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 11.31 years | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 11.47 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 11.69 years | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 11.83 years | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 11.94 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 12.02 years | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 12.1 years | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 12.13 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 12.2 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 12.3 years | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.96 years | 8.59 years | 9.32 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.53 years | 9.37 years | 9.74 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.98 years | 9.73 years | 10.25 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.1 years | 10.38 years | 11.83 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.11 years | 11.94 years | 12.3 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More gender data for Small states
- Labor force, female 3.83 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.1883 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 4.98 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 4.89 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (1996)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 4.21 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (1996)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female 5.42 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24 (1996)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male 3.77 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24 (1996)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 124.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Small states?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Small states was 12.3 years in 2015, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.59 years in 1971.
- How does Small states rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Small states ranks 26th out of 45 groups with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small states 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.