Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, tertiary, female

Malawi
0.0318 years
in 2011
Papua New Guinea
0.0641 years
in 1999
Malawi rank
176th
Papua New Guinea rank
174th

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • Malawi
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0641 years against 0.0318 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.0323 years.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 2.0 times Malawi's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 174th of 177 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0111 years 0.0353 years 0.0241 years Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.0148 years 0.0923 years 0.0775 years Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0641 years against 0.0318 years in Malawi as of 1999.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
0.0323 years, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
8 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 1999.
How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
Malawi ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 174th 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.