Tonga vs Uruguay: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female

Tonga
14.02 years
in 2015
Uruguay
13.98 years
in 2018
Tonga rank
12th
Uruguay rank
13th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Tonga
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Tonga currently reports 14.02 years against 13.98 years in Uruguay, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Tonga ahead.

Tonga ranks 12th and Uruguay ranks 13th of 193 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Tonga Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 11.33 years 10.63 years 0.6976 years Tonga
1990s 13.36 years 12.75 years 0.6057 years Tonga
2000s 12.84 years 12.81 years 0.0291 years Tonga
2010s 12.87 years 13.23 years 0.3686 years Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female, Tonga or Uruguay?
Tonga, at 14.02 years against 13.98 years in Uruguay as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female between Tonga and Uruguay?
0.04 years, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Uruguay?
15 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2010.
How do Tonga and Uruguay rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
Tonga ranks 12th and Uruguay ranks 13th 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.