School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in Gibraltar

Gibraltar: School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes was 4.65 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
4.65 years
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
122nd
of 198 countries
All-time high
4.69 years
in 2017
All-time low
3.34 years
in 1999
Years of data
23
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in Gibraltar, 1971–2019

0123451971199520191971: 4.3 years1972: 3.5 years1973: 3.7 years1974: 3.8 years1975: 3.7 years1976: 3.7 years1977: 3.9 years1978: 3.9 years1979: 3.9 years1980: 3.9 years1981: 3.9 years1982: 4 years1983: 4.1 years1984: 4.1 years1985: 4 years1999: 3.3 years2000: 3.7 years2001: 4 years2008: 3.4 years2009: 3.4 years2016: 4.4 years2017: 4.7 years2019: 4.6 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Gibraltar recorded 4.65 years for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in 2019.

That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in Gibraltar peaked at 4.69 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3.34 years, in 1999.

Gibraltar ranks 122nd of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 3.82 years 3.51 years 4.34 years 9
1980s 4.01 years 3.9 years 4.08 years 6
1990s 3.34 years 3.34 years 3.34 years 1
2000s 3.61 years 3.37 years 3.98 years 4
2010s 4.59 years 4.42 years 4.69 years 3

Countries ranked near Gibraltar

  1. 119 Morocco 4.9 years compare
  2. 120 Dominican Republic 4.9 years compare
  3. 121 Guyana 4.9 years compare
  4. 123 Laos 4.62 years compare
  5. 124 Paraguay 4.61 years compare
  6. 125 Cayman Islands 4.6 years compare

See the full ranking of 198 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in Gibraltar?
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in Gibraltar was 4.65 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in Gibraltar?
The highest recorded value was 4.69 years in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in Gibraltar?
The lowest recorded value was 3.34 years in 1999.
How does Gibraltar rank for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
Gibraltar ranks 122nd out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Gibraltar?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gibraltar data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
198 places, 6,439 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.