Caribbean Small States vs Uruguay: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes

Caribbean Small States
12.74 years
in 2016
Uruguay
16.84 years
in 2017
Caribbean Small States rank
23rd
Uruguay rank
21st

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes over time

  • Caribbean Small States
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 16.84 years against 12.74 years in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 4.1 years.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Caribbean Small States's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Uruguay ahead.

Caribbean Small States ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 21st of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Caribbean Small States averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Caribbean Small States Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 10.92 years 10.88 years 0.0471 years Caribbean Small States
1980s 11.16 years 12.13 years 0.9712 years Uruguay
1990s 11.7 years 13.27 years 1.57 years Uruguay
2000s 12.24 years 15.03 years 2.78 years Uruguay
2010s 12.68 years 16.19 years 3.5 years Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes, Caribbean Small States or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 16.84 years against 12.74 years in Caribbean Small States as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes between Caribbean Small States and Uruguay?
4.1 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Uruguay?
28 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2016.
How do Caribbean Small States and Uruguay rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
Caribbean Small States ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 21st of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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 to tertiary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
228 places, 7,038 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.