Papua New Guinea vs WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes

Papua New Guinea
0.0975 years
in 1999
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
0.4616 years
in 2021
Papua New Guinea rank
195th
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank
198th

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
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How they compare

WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) currently reports 0.4616 years against 0.0975 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.3641 years.

That makes WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)'s figure about 4.7 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 195th and WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 198th of 196 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1227 years 0.0873 years 0.0354 years Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.0857 years 0.1188 years 0.0331 years WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
1990s 0.1336 years 0.1389 years 0.0053 years WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes, Papua New Guinea or WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), at 0.4616 years against 0.0975 years in Papua New Guinea as of 2021.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes between Papua New Guinea and WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
0.3641 years, with WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
11 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 1999.
How do Papua New Guinea and WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
Papua New Guinea ranks 195th and WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 198th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, 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

Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
417 places, 15,076 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release