China (People’s Republic of) vs Maldives: School life expectancy, tertiary, female

China (People’s Republic of)
2.96 years
in 2019
Maldives
2.99 years
in 2017
China (People’s Republic of) rank
62nd
Maldives rank
61st

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • Maldives
0123197419962019

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2.99 years against 2.96 years in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2003 it was China (People’s Republic of) ahead.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 62nd and Maldives ranks 61st of 177 countries.

China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) Maldives Difference Ahead
2000s 0.9312 years 0.4371 years 0.494 years China (People’s Republic of)
2010s 2.47 years 2 years 0.475 years China (People’s Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, China (People’s Republic of) or Maldives?
Maldives, at 2.99 years against 2.96 years in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between China (People’s Republic of) and Maldives?
0.03 years, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Maldives?
5 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2017.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and Maldives rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 62nd and Maldives ranks 61st of 177 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.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 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.