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

Cameroon
0.7134 years
in 2018
Lao People's Democratic Republic
0.7353 years
in 2019
Cameroon rank
131st
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
130th

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes over time

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

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 0.7353 years against 0.7134 years in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0219 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 131st and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 130th of 183 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0383 years 0.0113 years 0.027 years Cameroon
1980s 0.0962 years 0.0508 years 0.0454 years Cameroon
1990s 0.1958 years 0.0951 years 0.1007 years Cameroon
2000s 0.3313 years 0.429 years 0.0977 years Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 0.7028 years 0.9133 years 0.2106 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, Cameroon or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 0.7353 years against 0.7134 years in Cameroon as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes between Cameroon and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
0.0219 years, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Cameroon and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
Cameroon ranks 131st 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.