Spain vs Tunisia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female

Spain
13.59 years
in 2018
Tunisia
13.86 years
in 2016
Spain rank
18th
Tunisia rank
15th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Spain
  • Tunisia
051015197119942018

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 13.86 years against 13.59 years in Spain, a difference of 0.27 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 18th and Tunisia ranks 15th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 4 and Tunisia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain Tunisia Difference Ahead
1970s 10.1 years 5.76 years 4.34 years Spain
1980s 12.11 years 7.89 years 4.21 years Spain
1990s 13.09 years 10.18 years 2.91 years Spain
2000s 12.95 years 12.56 years 0.3876 years Spain
2010s 13.31 years 13.33 years 0.0205 years Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female, Spain or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 13.86 years against 13.59 years in Spain as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female between Spain and Tunisia?
0.27 years, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Tunisia?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Spain and Tunisia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
Spain ranks 18th and Tunisia ranks 15th 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.