Cambodia vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes

Cambodia
0.7396 years
in 2019
Lao People's Democratic Republic
0.7353 years
in 2019
Cambodia rank
129th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
130th

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes over time

  • Cambodia
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 0.7396 years against 0.7353 years in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 0.0043 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cambodia ahead.

Cambodia ranks 129th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 130th of 183 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 1 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0713 years 0.0084 years 0.0629 years Cambodia
1980s 0.0083 years 0.0516 years 0.0433 years Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s 0.0614 years 0.0872 years 0.0258 years Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 0.2582 years 0.429 years 0.1709 years Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 0.7024 years 0.8484 years 0.146 years Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes, Cambodia or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Cambodia, at 0.7396 years against 0.7353 years in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes between Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
0.0043 years, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
Cambodia ranks 129th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 130th 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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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.