School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 2.11 years in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
2.11 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
14th
of 44 groups
All-time high
2.11 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.7206 years
in 1971
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–2019

0.511.52197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Latin America & Caribbean recorded 2.11 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 2.11 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7206 years, in 1971.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 14th of 44 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7596 years 0.7206 years 0.8263 years 10
1980s 1.02 years 0.8466 years 1.14 years 10
1990s 1.26 years 1.14 years 1.44 years 10
2000s 1.63 years 1.48 years 1.84 years 10
2010s 2 years 1.84 years 2.11 years 10

Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean

  1. 11 Finland 3.39 years compare
  2. 12 Hungary 3.38 years compare
  3. 13 Israel 3.32 years compare
  4. 14 Germany 3.25 years compare
  5. 15 Czechia 3.24 years compare
  6. 16 Peru 3.19 years compare
  7. 17 France 3.18 years compare

See the full ranking of 234 places β†’

More reference data data for Latin America & Caribbean

All data for Latin America & Caribbean β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Latin America & Caribbean?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Latin America & Caribbean was 2.11 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 2.11 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7206 years in 1971.
How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 14th out of 44 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latin America & Caribbean data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,033 data points, 1970–2020
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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.