Europe & Central Asia vs New Zealand: School life expectancy, tertiary, female

Europe & Central Asia
3.81 years
in 2019
New Zealand
4.91 years
in 2018
Europe & Central Asia rank
8th
New Zealand rank
11th

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • Europe & Central Asia
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 4.91 years against 3.81 years in Europe & Central Asia, a difference of 1.1 years.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.3 times Europe & Central Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Europe & Central Asia ahead.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 11th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Europe & Central Asia averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1970s 1.26 years 0.8648 years 0.3968 years Europe & Central Asia
1980s 1.47 years 1.52 years 0.0448 years New Zealand
1990s 1.8 years 2.86 years 1.06 years New Zealand
2010s 3.53 years 4.83 years 1.3 years New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, Europe & Central Asia or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 4.91 years against 3.81 years in Europe & Central Asia as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between Europe & Central Asia and New Zealand?
1.1 years, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and New Zealand?
31 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Europe & Central Asia and New Zealand rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
Europe & Central Asia ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 11th of 45 groups.
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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About this data

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.