High income vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male

High income
12.61 years
in 2019
Sweden
15.97 years
in 2018
High income rank
2nd
Sweden rank
1st

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male over time

  • High income
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 15.97 years against 12.61 years in High income, a difference of 3.36 years.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1971 it was High income ahead.

High income ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 1st of 43 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 10.79 years 10.7 years 0.0883 years High income
1980s 11.19 years 10.89 years 0.2993 years High income
1990s 11.83 years 12.97 years 1.13 years Sweden
2000s 12.14 years 12.88 years 0.7434 years Sweden
2010s 12.49 years 13.94 years 1.45 years Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male, High income or Sweden?
Sweden, at 15.97 years against 12.61 years in High income as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male between High income and Sweden?
3.36 years, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Sweden?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do High income and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
High income ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 1st of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (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, male (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.