Bhutan vs WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes

Bhutan
12.82 years
in 2024
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
11.82 years
in 2024
Bhutan rank
46th
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank
45th

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

  • Bhutan
  • WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 12.82 years against 11.82 years in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), a difference of 1 years.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1970 it was WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ahead.

Bhutan ranks 46th and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 45th of 213 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) Difference Ahead
1970s 1.57 years 7.44 years 5.87 years WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
1980s 3.85 years 8.01 years 4.16 years WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
1990s 7.01 years 8.95 years 1.94 years WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
2000s 9.33 years 9.84 years 0.5083 years WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
2010s 12.04 years 11.38 years 0.6599 years Bhutan
2020s 12.6 years 11.71 years 0.8885 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 WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
Bhutan, at 12.82 years against 11.82 years in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes between Bhutan and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
1 years, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
Bhutan ranks 46th and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 45th 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