Greece vs Republic of Korea: School life expectancy, tertiary, male

Greece
6.5 years
in 2018
Republic of Korea
5.08 years
in 2018
Greece rank
1st
Republic of Korea rank
3rd

School life expectancy, tertiary, male over time

  • Greece
  • Republic of Korea
0246197119942018

How they compare

Greece currently reports 6.5 years against 5.08 years in Republic of Korea, a difference of 1.42 years.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.3 times Republic of Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 1st and Republic of Korea ranks 3rd of 177 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and Republic of Korea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Republic of Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9541 years 0.5841 years 0.37 years Greece
1980s 1.07 years 1.95 years 0.8859 years Republic of Korea
1990s 1.88 years 3.3 years 1.42 years Republic of Korea
2000s 3.32 years 5.17 years 1.85 years Republic of Korea
2010s 5.39 years 5.41 years 0.0166 years Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, male, Greece or Republic of Korea?
Greece, at 6.5 years against 5.08 years in Republic of Korea as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, male between Greece and Republic of Korea?
1.42 years, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Republic of Korea?
43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Greece and Republic of Korea rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
Greece ranks 1st and Republic of 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.