Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes

Afghanistan
0.4843 years
in 2018
Zimbabwe
0.5003 years
in 2015
Afghanistan rank
153rd
Zimbabwe rank
152nd

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 0.5003 years against 0.4843 years in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.016 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 153rd and Zimbabwe ranks 152nd of 183 countries.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0641 years 0.0765 years 0.0124 years Zimbabwe
1980s 0.097 years 0.1046 years 0.0076 years Zimbabwe
1990s 0.1106 years 0.2398 years 0.1293 years Zimbabwe
2010s 0.1811 years 0.3351 years 0.154 years Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes, Afghanistan or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 0.5003 years against 0.4843 years in Afghanistan as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe?
0.016 years, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Zimbabwe?
13 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.
How do Afghanistan and Zimbabwe rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
Afghanistan ranks 153rd and Zimbabwe ranks 152nd of 183 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 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
228 places, 7,799 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.