School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 2.09 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 2.09 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 2.09 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7301 years, in 1971.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 16th 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, pre-primary, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7316 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.7301 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.7308 years | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.732 years | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7386 years | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.759 years | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.7806 years | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8033 years | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.8121 years | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.8254 years | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.8451 years | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.89 years | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 0.9388 years | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 0.9843 years | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 1.02 years | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 1.05 years | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 1.09 years | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 1.11 years | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 1.13 years | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 1.14 years | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.15 years | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.16 years | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.18 years | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1.2 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 1.22 years | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 1.25 years | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 1.29 years | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 1.32 years | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.38 years | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 1.42 years | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 1.46 years | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 1.48 years | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.49 years | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.52 years | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.56 years | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1.61 years | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 1.67 years | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 1.71 years | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 1.8 years | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 1.83 years | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.81 years | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.83 years | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.87 years | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.93 years | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1.98 years | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.01 years | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2.05 years | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 2.08 years | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.08 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 2.09 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7643 years | 0.7301 years | 0.8254 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.02 years | 0.8451 years | 1.14 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.26 years | 1.15 years | 1.42 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.61 years | 1.46 years | 1.83 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.97 years | 1.81 years | 2.09 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More reference data data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 466.52 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 227.47 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 223.29 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.10 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.89 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.99 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.12 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.21 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.4% (2019)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 2.09 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.09 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7301 years in 1971.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 16th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. 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 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.