Italy vs Lower middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes
Italy
16.18 years
in 2018
Lower middle income
11.07 years
in 2019
Italy rank
36th
Lower middle income rank
35th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes over time
- Italy
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Italy currently reports 16.18 years against 11.07 years in Lower middle income, a difference of 5.11 years.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.5 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 47 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 36th and Lower middle income ranks 35th of 183 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.88 years | 6.22 years | 5.66 years | Italy |
| 1980s | 12.27 years | 7.3 years | 4.98 years | Italy |
| 1990s | 13.9 years | 7.96 years | 5.94 years | Italy |
| 2000s | 15.93 years | 9.21 years | 6.72 years | Italy |
| 2010s | 16.25 years | 10.88 years | 5.36 years | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes, Italy or Lower middle income?
- Italy, at 16.18 years against 11.07 years in Lower middle income as of 2018.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes between Italy and Lower middle income?
- 5.11 years, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lower middle income?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
- How do Italy and Lower middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Italy ranks 36th and Lower middle income ranks 35th of 183 countries.
- 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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About this data
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.