School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Suriname
Suriname: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.6281 years in 2002. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Suriname, 1981β2002
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 0.6281 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2002. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Suriname peaked at 0.6281 years in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.3218 years, in 1981.
Suriname ranks 140th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3816 years | 0.3218 years | 0.4917 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5293 years | 0.5293 years | 0.5293 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6281 years | 0.6281 years | 0.6281 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 137 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6692 years
- 138 Nepal 0.6663 years compare
- 139 Senegal 0.6568 years compare
- 141 Uzbekistan 0.6213 years compare
- 142 Guinea 0.6083 years compare
- 143 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5975 years compare
More education data for Suriname
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5,068 (2021)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0082 units per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Suriname?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Suriname was 0.6281 years in 2002, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6281 years in 2002.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3218 years in 1981.
- How does Suriname rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Suriname ranks 140th out of 183 countries with data for 2002.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.