Korea vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, tertiary, female

Korea
4.15 years
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1.84 years
in 2019
Korea rank
27th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
24th

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • Korea
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
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How they compare

Korea currently reports 4.15 years against 1.84 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 2.31 years.

That makes Korea's figure about 2.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 27th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 24th of 177 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 4 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2078 years 0.2365 years 0.0287 years Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1980s 0.8265 years 0.4096 years 0.4169 years Korea
1990s 1.82 years 0.6224 years 1.19 years Korea
2000s 3.44 years 1.11 years 2.33 years Korea
2010s 4.1 years 1.66 years 2.44 years Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, Korea or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Korea, at 4.15 years against 1.84 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
2.31 years, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
Korea ranks 27th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 24th 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.