Côte d'Ivoire vs Nigeria: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes

Côte d'Ivoire
0.568 years
in 2017
Nigeria
0.5087 years
in 2011
Côte d'Ivoire rank
147th
Nigeria rank
149th

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes over time

  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Nigeria
00.20.40.6197119942017

How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 0.568 years against 0.5087 years in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0593 years.

That makes Côte d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

Côte d'Ivoire ranks 147th and Nigeria ranks 149th of 183 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0811 years 0.058 years 0.023 years Côte d'Ivoire
1980s 0.1273 years 0.1399 years 0.0126 years Nigeria
1990s 0.3327 years 0.3062 years 0.0264 years Côte d'Ivoire
2010s 0.2807 years 0.4937 years 0.213 years Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes, Côte d'Ivoire or Nigeria?
Côte d'Ivoire, at 0.568 years against 0.5087 years in Nigeria as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes between Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria?
0.0593 years, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria?
13 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2011.
How do Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 147th and Nigeria ranks 149th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Côte d'Ivoire vs Nigeria: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-both-sexes-years/cote-d-ivoire/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-both-sexes-years/cote-d-ivoire/nigeria/">Côte d'Ivoire vs Nigeria: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

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.