ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, primary, male

ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
6.72 years
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
7.53 years
in 2023
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) rank
14th
Papua New Guinea rank
18th

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

  • ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 7.53 years against 6.72 years in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), a difference of 0.81 years.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1991 it was ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ahead.

ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 14th and Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 221 groups.

ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 6.23 years 4.49 years 1.74 years ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
2000s 5.89 years 3.7 years 2.18 years ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
2010s 6.84 years 6.62 years 0.2203 years ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
2020s 6.76 years 6.63 years 0.1307 years ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 7.53 years against 6.72 years in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) and Papua New Guinea?
0.81 years, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) and Papua New Guinea?
25 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
How do ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 14th and Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, 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, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
436 places, 17,327 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release