Spain vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, tertiary, male

Spain
3.79 years
in 2018
Upper middle income
2.44 years
in 2019
Spain rank
11th
Upper middle income rank
9th

School life expectancy, tertiary, male over time

  • Spain
  • Upper middle income
01234197119952019

How they compare

Spain currently reports 3.79 years against 2.44 years in Upper middle income, a difference of 1.35 years.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.6 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

Spain ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 177 countries.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 1.16 years 0.3998 years 0.7593 years Spain
1980s 1.36 years 0.487 years 0.8738 years Spain
1990s 2.1 years 0.6504 years 1.45 years Spain
2000s 2.64 years 1.2 years 1.44 years Spain
2010s 3.38 years 2 years 1.38 years Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, male, Spain or Upper middle income?
Spain, at 3.79 years against 2.44 years in Upper middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, male between Spain and Upper middle income?
1.35 years, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Upper middle income?
46 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2018.
How do Spain and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
Spain ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 9th 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.