School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay
Uruguay: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 7.66 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay stood at 7.66 years. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay peaked at 7.66 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.7 years, in 1978.
That places Uruguay 24th out of 195 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.81 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.87 years | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 3.99 years | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 4.12 years | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 3.7 years | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 3.72 years | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 5.28 years | +42.1% |
| 1995 | 5.41 years | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 6.12 years | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 5.97 years | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 6.3 years | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 6.53 years | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 6.75 years | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 7.1 years | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 6.98 years | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 6.51 years | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 6.51 years | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.51 years | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 5.67 years | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 5.79 years | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 6.6 years | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 7.56 years | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 7.66 years | +1.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 7.66 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 6.86 years, 1.1× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 7.66 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.26 years, 1.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +42.1% | 3.72 years | 5.28 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.87 years | 3.7 years | 4.12 years | 6 |
| 1990s | 5.7 years | 5.28 years | 6.12 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 6.37 years | 5.51 years | 7.1 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.27 years | 6.6 years | 7.66 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More reference data data for Uruguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2999 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3685 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2195 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 24.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 33.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.01 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in Uruguay was 7.66 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7.66 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7 years in 1978.
- How does Uruguay rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- Uruguay ranks 24th out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, female (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.