Bulgaria vs Gibraltar: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes

Bulgaria
11.03 years
in 2018
Gibraltar
11.11 years
in 2019
Bulgaria rank
124th
Gibraltar rank
123rd

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

  • Bulgaria
  • Gibraltar
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How they compare

Gibraltar currently reports 11.11 years against 11.03 years in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Gibraltar ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 124th and Gibraltar ranks 123rd of 197 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Gibraltar Difference Ahead
1970s 10.49 years 10.03 years 0.4576 years Bulgaria
1980s 10.55 years 9.89 years 0.6588 years Bulgaria
1990s 10.56 years 9.58 years 0.9806 years Bulgaria
2000s 11.06 years 9.53 years 1.53 years Bulgaria
2010s 11.32 years 10.7 years 0.6167 years Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes, Bulgaria or Gibraltar?
Gibraltar, at 11.11 years against 11.03 years in Bulgaria as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes between Bulgaria and Gibraltar?
0.08 years, with Gibraltar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Gibraltar?
22 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Bulgaria and Gibraltar rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
Bulgaria ranks 124th and Gibraltar ranks 123rd of 197 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 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
242 places, 8,554 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.