School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 14.48 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2019
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, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 14.48 years, measured 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 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 14.48 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.55 years, in 1971.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 10.55 years | — |
| 1971 | 10.55 years | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 10.62 years | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 10.8 years | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 10.95 years | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 11.03 years | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 11.24 years | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 11.41 years | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 11.51 years | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 11.71 years | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 11.79 years | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 11.94 years | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 12.01 years | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 12.07 years | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 12.15 years | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 12.21 years | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 12.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 12.2 years | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 12.19 years | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 12.13 years | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 12.05 years | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 12.04 years | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 12.09 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 12.09 years | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 12.08 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 12.13 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 12.26 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 12.34 years | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 12.53 years | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 12.64 years | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 12.79 years | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 12.81 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 12.97 years | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 12.74 years | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 12.82 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 12.88 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 12.88 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12.91 years | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 13.15 years | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 13.24 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 13.39 years | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 13.47 years | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 13.5 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 14 years | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 14.07 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 14.13 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 14.27 years | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 14.31 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 14.4 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 14.48 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.04 years | 10.55 years | 11.71 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.09 years | 11.79 years | 12.24 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.22 years | 12.04 years | 12.64 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.92 years | 12.74 years | 13.24 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 years | 13.39 years | 14.48 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More gender data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Labor force, female 128.22 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2046 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 6.66 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 135.5% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 15.29 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 29.2% (2025)
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 26.5% (2016)
- Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 30.0% (2016)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 14.48 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.48 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.55 years in 1971.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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, male (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.