East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs United Kingdom: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
13.61 years
in 2019
United Kingdom
17.25 years
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
18th
United Kingdom rank
18th

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

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • United Kingdom
05101520197019942019

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 17.25 years against 13.61 years in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 3.64 years.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.3 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 42 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 18th of 45 groups.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1970s 7.91 years 12.7 years 4.79 years United Kingdom
1980s 8.39 years 13.17 years 4.78 years United Kingdom
1990s 9.19 years 14.66 years 5.47 years United Kingdom
2000s 10.92 years 16.16 years 5.24 years United Kingdom
2010s 12.71 years 16.87 years 4.16 years United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 17.25 years against 13.61 years in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and United Kingdom?
3.64 years, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and United Kingdom?
42 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and United Kingdom rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 18th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs United Kingdom: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-both-sexes-years/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-both-sexes-years/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/united-kingdom/">East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs United Kingdom: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.