School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 2.07 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
2.07 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
16th
of 43 groups
All-time high
2.07 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.7061 years
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1970–2019

0.511.52197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 2.07 years. 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 14.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 2.07 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7061 years, in 1970.

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 16th of 43 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.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1970 to 2019.
Year years Change
1970 0.7061 years
1971 0.7061 years +0.0%
1972 0.7091 years +0.4%
1973 0.7114 years +0.3%
1974 0.7204 years +1.3%
1975 0.7421 years +3.0%
1976 0.7628 years +2.8%
1977 0.7836 years +2.7%
1978 0.7936 years +1.3%
1979 0.8087 years +1.9%
1980 0.8296 years +2.6%
1981 0.873 years +5.2%
1982 0.9196 years +5.3%
1983 0.9624 years +4.6%
1984 0.9961 years +3.5%
1985 1.03 years +3.4%
1986 1.06 years +3.1%
1987 1.09 years +2.8%
1988 1.11 years +1.4%
1989 1.12 years +1.0%
1990 1.12 years +0.6%
1991 1.13 years +1.0%
1992 1.16 years +2.2%
1993 1.18 years +1.5%
1994 1.2 years +2.0%
1995 1.23 years +2.6%
1996 1.27 years +3.2%
1997 1.3 years +2.6%
1998 1.37 years +4.7%
1999 1.38 years +1.2%
2000 1.43 years +3.2%
2001 1.44 years +1.3%
2002 1.46 years +0.8%
2003 1.48 years +2.0%
2004 1.52 years +2.3%
2005 1.58 years +4.2%
2006 1.63 years +3.2%
2007 1.67 years +2.5%
2008 1.76 years +5.4%
2009 1.8 years +2.2%
2010 1.79 years -0.7%
2011 1.8 years +0.8%
2012 1.85 years +2.5%
2013 1.91 years +3.3%
2014 1.96 years +2.6%
2015 1.99 years +1.7%
2016 2.02 years +1.1%
2017 2.06 years +2.0%
2018 2.07 years +0.5%
2019 2.07 years +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7444 years 0.7061 years 0.8087 years 10
1980s 0.9987 years 0.8296 years 1.12 years 10
1990s 1.24 years 1.12 years 1.38 years 10
2000s 1.58 years 1.43 years 1.8 years 10
2010s 1.95 years 1.79 years 2.07 years 10

Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

  1. 13 Israel 3.35 years compare
  2. 14 Czechia 3.32 years compare
  3. 15 Germany 3.27 years compare
  4. 16 Bulgaria 3.21 years compare
  5. 17 France 3.19 years compare
  6. 18 Peru 3.18 years compare
  7. 19 Austria 3.12 years compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 2.07 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
The highest recorded value was 2.07 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7061 years in 1970.
How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 16th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.