IDA total vs Ireland: School life expectancy, tertiary, female

IDA total
0.5062 years
in 2019
Ireland
3.77 years
in 2018
IDA total rank
35th
Ireland rank
36th

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • IDA total
  • Ireland
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 3.77 years against 0.5062 years in IDA total, a difference of 3.26 years.

That makes Ireland's figure about 7.5 times IDA total's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.

IDA total ranks 35th and Ireland ranks 36th of 43 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade IDA total Ireland Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0985 years 0.5155 years 0.417 years Ireland
1980s 0.1279 years 0.9452 years 0.8174 years Ireland
1990s 0.1515 years 1.8 years 1.64 years Ireland
2000s 0.2654 years 2.7 years 2.43 years Ireland
2010s 0.4403 years 3.37 years 2.92 years Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, IDA total or Ireland?
Ireland, at 3.77 years against 0.5062 years in IDA total as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between IDA total and Ireland?
3.26 years, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Ireland?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do IDA total and Ireland rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
IDA total ranks 35th and Ireland ranks 36th of 43 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.