Australia vs Netherlands: School life expectancy, tertiary, male

Australia
4.35 years
in 2018
Netherlands
3.99 years
in 2018
Australia rank
5th
Netherlands rank
8th

School life expectancy, tertiary, male over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
12345197019942018

How they compare

Australia currently reports 4.35 years against 3.99 years in Netherlands, a difference of 0.36 years.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Netherlands ahead.

Australia ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 8th of 177 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Netherlands Difference Ahead
1970s 1.3 years 1.63 years 0.3254 years Netherlands
1980s 1.43 years 1.78 years 0.3411 years Netherlands
1990s 2.86 years 2.33 years 0.5279 years Australia
2010s 4.62 years 3.84 years 0.7781 years Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, male, Australia or Netherlands?
Australia, at 4.35 years against 3.99 years in Netherlands as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, male between Australia and Netherlands?
0.36 years, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
29 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
Australia ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 8th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Netherlands: School life expectancy, tertiary, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-male-years/australia/netherlands/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-male-years/australia/netherlands/">Australia vs Netherlands: School life expectancy, tertiary, male</a> — Statizoid

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.