Mongolia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes

Mongolia
3.19 years
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.4739 years
in 2018
Mongolia rank
40th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
42nd

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes over time

  • Mongolia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 3.19 years against 0.4739 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 2.72 years.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 6.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Mongolia has been ahead every year.

Mongolia ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 183 countries.

Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mongolia Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 1.1 years 0.0799 years 1.02 years Mongolia
1980s 1.2 years 0.1295 years 1.07 years Mongolia
1990s 0.8549 years 0.1836 years 0.6713 years Mongolia
2000s 2.16 years 0.3003 years 1.86 years Mongolia
2010s 3.11 years 0.4477 years 2.66 years Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes, Mongolia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Mongolia, at 3.19 years against 0.4739 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes between Mongolia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
2.72 years, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Mongolia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
Mongolia ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd 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.