Peru vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, female

Peru
3.63 years
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.4052 years
in 2018
Peru rank
40th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
42nd

School life expectancy, tertiary, female over time

  • Peru
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 3.63 years against 0.4052 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 3.22 years.

That makes Peru's figure about 9.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Peru ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 177 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3697 years 0.0582 years 0.3115 years Peru
1980s 0.6062 years 0.0749 years 0.5313 years Peru
2000s 1.63 years 0.2345 years 1.4 years Peru
2010s 3.66 years 0.3937 years 3.26 years Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, female, Peru or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Peru, at 3.63 years against 0.4052 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, female between Peru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
3.22 years, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
16 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Peru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
Peru ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd 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.