Bhutan vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes

Bhutan
12.82 years
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
11.72 years
in 2024
Bhutan rank
46th
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
46th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes over time

  • Bhutan
  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 12.82 years against 11.72 years in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 1.1 years.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1970 it was ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.

Bhutan ranks 46th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 46th of 213 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) Difference Ahead
1970s 1.57 years 7.7 years 6.13 years ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
1980s 3.85 years 8.33 years 4.48 years ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
1990s 7.01 years 9.36 years 2.36 years ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2000s 9.33 years 10.54 years 1.22 years ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2010s 12.04 years 11.43 years 0.6123 years Bhutan
2020s 12.6 years 11.6 years 1 years Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes, Bhutan or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
Bhutan, at 12.82 years against 11.72 years in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes between Bhutan and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
1.1 years, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
Bhutan ranks 46th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 46th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 16,437 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release