Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male

Kenya
10.28 years
in 2009
Papua New Guinea
10.39 years
in 2016
Kenya rank
148th
Papua New Guinea rank
146th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male over time

  • Kenya
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 10.39 years against 10.28 years in Kenya, a difference of 0.11 years.

Across all 7 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 148th and Papua New Guinea ranks 146th of 193 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 7.82 years 4.12 years 3.7 years Kenya
1980s 9.38 years 4.45 years 4.93 years Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 10.39 years against 10.28 years in Kenya as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
0.11 years, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
7 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 1988.
How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
Kenya ranks 148th and Papua New Guinea ranks 146th of 193 countries.
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.