ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes

ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
6.37 years
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
7.39 years
in 2023
ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) rank
20th
Papua New Guinea rank
21st

School life expectancy, primary, both sexes over time

  • ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 7.39 years against 6.37 years in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119), a difference of 1.02 years.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1970 it was ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) ahead.

ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) ranks 20th and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 221 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 4.55 years 3.02 years 1.54 years ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
1980s 4.89 years 3.89 years 1 years ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
1990s 4.79 years 4.31 years 0.4776 years ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
2000s 5.43 years 3.56 years 1.88 years ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
2010s 6.22 years 6.44 years 0.221 years Papua New Guinea
2020s 6.37 years 6.62 years 0.2488 years Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, both sexes, ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 7.39 years against 6.37 years in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, both sexes between ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) and Papua New Guinea?
1.02 years, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) and Papua New Guinea?
44 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes?
ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) ranks 20th and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
439 places, 17,962 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release