Qatar vs United Arab Emirates: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes

Qatar
12.48 years
in 2010
United Arab Emirates
12.49 years
in 2017
Qatar rank
52nd
United Arab Emirates rank
49th

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

  • Qatar
  • United Arab Emirates
051015197119942017

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 12.49 years against 12.48 years in Qatar, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Qatar ahead.

Qatar ranks 52nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 49th of 197 countries.

Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Qatar United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1970s 10.17 years 6.92 years 3.25 years Qatar
1980s 11.5 years 9.22 years 2.28 years Qatar
1990s 10.83 years 10.44 years 0.3834 years Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes, Qatar or United Arab Emirates?
United Arab Emirates, at 12.49 years against 12.48 years in Qatar as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes between Qatar and United Arab Emirates?
0.01 years, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and United Arab Emirates?
26 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 1998.
How do Qatar and United Arab Emirates rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
Qatar ranks 52nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 49th 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.