Australia vs Korea: School life expectancy, tertiary, male

Australia
4.35 years
in 2018
Korea
5.08 years
in 2018
Australia rank
5th
Korea rank
3rd

School life expectancy, tertiary, male over time

  • Australia
  • Korea
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How they compare

Korea currently reports 5.08 years against 4.35 years in Australia, a difference of 0.73 years.

That makes Korea's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 5th and Korea ranks 3rd of 177 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Korea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 1.29 years 0.5841 years 0.7107 years Australia
1980s 1.44 years 1.95 years 0.5115 years Korea
1990s 2.86 years 2.96 years 0.0999 years Korea
2010s 4.62 years 5.14 years 0.5272 years Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, male, Australia or Korea?
Korea, at 5.08 years against 4.35 years in Australia as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, male between Australia and Korea?
0.73 years, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Korea?
30 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Australia and Korea rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
Australia ranks 5th and Korea ranks 3rd of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, tertiary, male (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, male (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.