Papua New Guinea vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, female

Papua New Guinea
0.0705 years
in 1999
WB: Sub-saharan Africa
0.4082 years
in 2021
Papua New Guinea rank
189th
WB: Sub-saharan Africa rank
192nd

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa
00.10.20.30.4197019952021

How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa currently reports 0.4082 years against 0.0705 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.3377 years.

That makes WB: Sub-saharan Africa's figure about 5.8 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, WB: Sub-saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 189th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 192nd of 191 countries.

WB: Sub-saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea WB: Sub-saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0438 years 0.0808 years 0.037 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa
1990s 0.0971 years 0.1528 years 0.0557 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, Papua New Guinea or WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa, at 0.4082 years against 0.0705 years in Papua New Guinea as of 2021.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between Papua New Guinea and WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
0.3377 years, with WB: Sub-saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
9 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 1999.
How do Papua New Guinea and WB: Sub-saharan Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
Papua New Guinea ranks 189th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 192nd of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, tertiary, female (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

Papua New Guinea vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-female-years-2/papua-new-guinea/wb-sub-saharan-africa/

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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-female-years-2/papua-new-guinea/wb-sub-saharan-africa/">Papua New Guinea vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
412 places, 14,089 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release