Ghana vs Jamaica: School life expectancy, tertiary, male
School life expectancy, tertiary, male over time
- Ghana
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.9941 years against 0.9312 years in Ghana, a difference of 0.0629 years.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Jamaica ahead.
Ghana ranks 109th and Jamaica ranks 106th of 177 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0663 years | 0.3486 years | 0.2823 years | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.5609 years | 0.7145 years | 0.1536 years | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.8017 years | 0.8918 years | 0.0901 years | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, male, Ghana or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 0.9941 years against 0.9312 years in Ghana as of 2015.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, male between Ghana and Jamaica?
- 0.0629 years, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Jamaica?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
- How do Ghana and Jamaica rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Ghana ranks 109th and Jamaica ranks 106th 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
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.