Low income vs Sri Lanka: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male over time
- Low income
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 12.9 years against 9.18 years in Low income, a difference of 3.72 years.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.4 times Low income's.
Across all 23 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Low income ranks 40th and Sri Lanka ranks 37th of 45 groups.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.57 years | 7.51 years | 1.94 years | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 5.99 years | 10.37 years | 4.37 years | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 5.76 years | 11.22 years | 5.46 years | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 9.12 years | 12.82 years | 3.7 years | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male, Low income or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 12.9 years against 9.18 years in Low income as of 2018.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male between Low income and Sri Lanka?
- 3.72 years, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Sri Lanka?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
- How do Low income and Sri Lanka rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- Low income ranks 40th and Sri Lanka ranks 37th of 45 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
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.