School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.0889 years in 1999. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Papua New Guinea, 1972–1999
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Papua New Guinea is 0.0889 years, measured in 1999.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.1557 years in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0666 years, in 1985.
Papua New Guinea ranks 181st of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.0984 years | — |
| 1973 | 0.0989 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0755 years | -23.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0672 years | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0819 years | +21.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0666 years | -18.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0819 years | +23.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1406 years | +71.6% |
| 1996 | 0.1557 years | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0903 years | -42.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0889 years | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0987 years | 0.0984 years | 0.0989 years | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.0746 years | 0.0666 years | 0.0819 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.1189 years | 0.0889 years | 0.1557 years | 4 |
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More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 40,888 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Papua New Guinea?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Papua New Guinea was 0.0889 years in 1999, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1557 years in 1996.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0666 years in 1985.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 181st out of 183 countries with data for 1999.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.