Ethiopia vs Guinea: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes over time
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 8.4 years against 8.21 years in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.19 years.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Guinea ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 181st and Guinea ranks 180th of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.13 years | 2.56 years | 1.43 years | Guinea |
| 1980s | 3.24 years | 2.73 years | 0.5137 years | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 2.73 years | 3.48 years | 0.7534 years | Guinea |
| 2000s | 6.05 years | 6.46 years | 0.4134 years | Guinea |
| 2010s | 7.97 years | 8.01 years | 0.0442 years | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes, Ethiopia or Guinea?
- Guinea, at 8.4 years against 8.21 years in Ethiopia as of 2014.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes between Ethiopia and Guinea?
- 0.19 years, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Guinea?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2012.
- How do Ethiopia and Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
- Ethiopia ranks 181st and Guinea ranks 180th 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
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.