Bhutan vs Low income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female

Bhutan
12.69 years
in 2018
Low income
8.14 years
in 2018
Bhutan rank
45th
Low income rank
42nd

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Bhutan
  • Low income
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 12.69 years against 8.14 years in Low income, a difference of 4.55 years.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.6 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Low income ahead.

Bhutan ranks 45th and Low income ranks 42nd of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 3 and Low income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Low income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5896 years 3.41 years 2.82 years Low income
1980s 2.51 years 4.24 years 1.73 years Low income
1990s 6.14 years 4.82 years 1.31 years Bhutan
2000s 9.03 years 6.47 years 2.55 years Bhutan
2010s 12.28 years 7.96 years 4.32 years Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female, Bhutan or Low income?
Bhutan, at 12.69 years against 8.14 years in Low income as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female between Bhutan and Low income?
4.55 years, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Low income?
25 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Bhutan and Low income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
Bhutan ranks 45th and Low income ranks 42nd of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (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, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 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.