Korea vs Sweden: School life expectancy, tertiary, female

Korea
4.15 years
in 2018
Sweden
4.09 years
in 2018
Korea rank
27th
Sweden rank
29th

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • Korea
  • Sweden
012345197119942018

How they compare

Korea currently reports 4.15 years against 4.09 years in Sweden, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sweden ahead.

Korea ranks 27th and Sweden ranks 29th of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2078 years 1.2 years 0.9885 years Sweden
1980s 0.9181 years 1.63 years 0.713 years Sweden
1990s 1.82 years 2.41 years 0.599 years Sweden
2000s 3.44 years 4.39 years 0.9453 years Sweden
2010s 4.1 years 4.17 years 0.0713 years Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, Korea or Sweden?
Korea, at 4.15 years against 4.09 years in Sweden as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between Korea and Sweden?
0.06 years, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Sweden?
44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Korea and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
Korea ranks 27th and Sweden ranks 29th 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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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.