School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Belgium
Belgium: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 19.56 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Belgium, 1971–2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 19.56 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2018.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Belgium peaked at 19.77 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 12.1 years, in 1973.
Belgium ranks 4th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Belgium, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 12.28 years | — |
| 1972 | 12.33 years | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 12.1 years | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 12.32 years | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 12.31 years | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 12.72 years | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 12.79 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 12.81 years | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 12.81 years | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12.99 years | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 12.87 years | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 13.04 years | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 13.29 years | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 13.47 years | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 13.62 years | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 13.8 years | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 13.94 years | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 14.03 years | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 14.07 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 16.54 years | +17.6% |
| 1994 | 16.85 years | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 17.26 years | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 17.59 years | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 17.74 years | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 17.92 years | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 18.38 years | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 18.43 years | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 18.61 years | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 18.36 years | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 18.71 years | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 18.94 years | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 18.97 years | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 18.99 years | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 19.01 years | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 19.07 years | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 19.13 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 19.23 years | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 19.42 years | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 19.7 years | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 19.76 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 19.7 years | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 19.77 years | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 19.56 years | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.41 years | 12.1 years | 12.79 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 13.27 years | 12.81 years | 13.94 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.3 years | 14.03 years | 17.74 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 18.63 years | 17.92 years | 19.01 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.48 years | 19.07 years | 19.77 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Belgium?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Belgium was 19.56 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 19.77 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1 years in 1973.
- How does Belgium rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Belgium ranks 4th out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.