Samoa vs South Asia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes over time
- Samoa
- South Asia
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 13.12 years against 9.84 years in South Asia, a difference of 3.28 years.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.3 times South Asia's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Samoa ranks 30th and South Asia ranks 32nd of 197 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | South Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.17 years | 5.56 years | 4.6 years | Samoa |
| 1980s | 11.43 years | 6.05 years | 5.38 years | Samoa |
| 1990s | 11.36 years | 7.42 years | 3.94 years | Samoa |
| 2000s | 12.16 years | 8.29 years | 3.87 years | Samoa |
| 2010s | 12.96 years | 9.88 years | 3.08 years | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes, Samoa or South Asia?
- Samoa, at 13.12 years against 9.84 years in South Asia as of 2016.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes between Samoa and South Asia?
- 3.28 years, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and South Asia?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
- How do Samoa and South Asia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
- Samoa ranks 30th and South Asia ranks 32nd 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.