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School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) by country

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...

Countries reporting
173
Highest
6.76 years
Puerto Rico
Lowest
0.0267 years
Haiti
Median
2.02 years
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
6,910

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 6.76 years in Puerto Rico; the lowest is 0.0267 years in Haiti.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.02 years, and the mean is 2.22 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 253.

Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 1,493.0%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 76.7%).

School life expectancy, tertiary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Puerto Rico 6.76 years 2018 up 37.2% rising
2 Greece 6.57 years 2018 up 57.9% volatile
3 Australia 5.83 years 2018 — volatile
4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.79 years 2015 up 320.6% volatile
5 Argentina 5.63 years 2017 up 35.5% volatile
6 Turkey 5.56 years 2018 up 214.2% volatile
7 Grenada 5.55 years 2018 up 47.6% volatile
8 Macao 5.14 years 2019 up 87.2% rising
9 Venezuela 5.01 years 2008 up 194.1% volatile
10 Iceland 4.94 years 2018 down 0.2% volatile
11 New Zealand 4.91 years 2018 up 3.0% volatile
12 Norway 4.86 years 2018 up 12.9% volatile
13 Denmark 4.74 years 2018 up 14.3% rising
14 Chile 4.72 years 2018 up 58.5% volatile
15 Finland 4.66 years 2018 down 8.3% rising
16 Russia 4.59 years 2018 up 6.1% rising
17 United States 4.59 years 2018 down 0.6% rising
18 Spain 4.57 years 2018 up 35.6% volatile
19 Barbados 4.53 years 2011 up 58.8% volatile
20 Netherlands 4.5 years 2018 up 43.9% rising
21 Belgium 4.33 years 2018 up 27.7% rising
22 Belarus 4.32 years 2018 up 1.7% rising
23 Austria 4.28 years 2018 up 2.2% volatile
24 Slovenia 4.28 years 2018 down 13.0% volatile
25 Latvia 4.23 years 2018 down 7.0% rising
26 Ukraine 4.18 years 2014 up 13.8% rising
27 South Korea 4.15 years 2018 up 3.0% volatile
28 Hong Kong 4.12 years 2019 up 49.4% volatile
29 Sweden 4.09 years 2018 down 5.4% rising
30 Israel 3.9 years 2018 up 10.4% rising
31 Croatia 3.89 years 2018 up 41.6% rising
32 Canada 3.84 years 2018 up 5.0% falling
33 Poland 3.84 years 2018 down 6.1% volatile
34 Lithuania 3.83 years 2018 down 21.2% rising
35 Kuwait 3.82 years 2019 up 172.2% volatile
37 Dominican Republic 3.76 years 2017 up 80.6% volatile
38 Mongolia 3.73 years 2018 up 19.0% rising
39 Albania 3.71 years 2019 up 91.7% volatile
40 Peru 3.63 years 2017 up 104.3% volatile
41 France 3.62 years 2018 up 34.7% rising
42 Serbia 3.62 years 2019 up 35.4% rising
43 Estonia 3.57 years 2018 down 18.4% rising
44 Cyprus 3.55 years 2018 up 77.3% volatile
45 Bulgaria 3.5 years 2018 up 19.5% rising
46 Italy 3.49 years 2018 down 4.3% rising
47 Saudi Arabia 3.48 years 2019 up 95.8% volatile
48 Bahrain 3.47 years 2019 up 20.6% volatile
49 United Kingdom 3.4 years 2018 up 6.6% volatile
50 Portugal 3.36 years 2018 up 11.0% volatile
51 Germany 3.36 years 2018 up 20.3% rising
52 Czechia 3.3 years 2018 up 4.7% volatile
53 Georgia 3.29 years 2019 up 100.1% rising
54 Kazakhstan 3.28 years 2019 up 20.6% rising
55 Algeria 3.22 years 2018 up 133.7% rising
57 Libya 3.18 years 2003 up 355.2% volatile
58 Montenegro 3.12 years 2019 up 11.7% rising
59 Costa Rica 3.11 years 2019 up 21.7% rising
60 Colombia 3.08 years 2018 up 71.0% volatile
61 Maldives 2.99 years 2017 up 361.4% volatile
62 China 2.96 years 2019 up 158.8% volatile
63 Uruguay 2.94 years 2006 up 31.0% rising
64 Switzerland 2.93 years 2018 up 26.8% volatile
65 Panama 2.93 years 2016 up 9.4% rising
66 Armenia 2.92 years 2019 up 2.0% rising
67 Thailand 2.89 years 2016 up 24.7% rising
68 Palestine 2.82 years 2019 down 6.3% rising
69 Romania 2.7 years 2018 down 29.2% volatile
70 Iran 2.69 years 2018 up 32.9% volatile
71 Oman 2.63 years 2019 up 91.6% volatile
72 Ecuador 2.6 years 2015 up 11.9% volatile
73 Hungary 2.6 years 2018 down 29.0% volatile
74 Cuba 2.55 years 2018 down 65.3% volatile
75 Slovakia 2.54 years 2018 down 23.0% rising
76 Malaysia 2.48 years 2019 up 16.8% volatile
77 North Macedonia 2.43 years 2018 up 12.5% rising
78 Qatar 2.41 years 2019 up 99.4% rising
79 Kyrgyzstan 2.38 years 2019 down 12.3% rising
80 Mauritius 2.37 years 2017 up 78.4% volatile
81 Paraguay 2.29 years 2010 up 148.4% volatile
82 United Arab Emirates 2.27 years 2017 up 50.3% volatile
83 Brazil 2.19 years 2011 up 108.6% rising
84 Mexico 2.17 years 2018 up 63.5% volatile
85 San Marino 2.15 years 2019 down 36.1% falling
86 Syria 2.14 years 2016 up 114.8% volatile
87 Moldova 2.11 years 2019 down 4.7% rising
88 Tunisia 2.09 years 2019 down 1.1% volatile
89 Philippines 2.02 years 2017 up 30.5% rising
90 Indonesia 2 years 2018 up 103.2% volatile
91 Brunei 1.94 years 2019 up 77.6% volatile
92 Morocco 1.94 years 2019 up 201.9% volatile
93 Jordan 1.89 years 2018 down 12.9% volatile
94 Namibia 1.87 years 2017 up 529.2% volatile
95 Egypt 1.79 years 2017 up 36.9% volatile
96 Jamaica 1.73 years 2015 up 36.2% volatile
97 Azerbaijan 1.73 years 2019 up 83.0% rising
98 Honduras 1.72 years 2018 up 38.1% volatile
99 Belize 1.67 years 2019 up 19.6% rising
100 El Salvador 1.66 years 2018 up 20.7% rising
101 Botswana 1.6 years 2019 up 230.4% volatile
102 Vietnam 1.59 years 2016 up 91.7% volatile
103 India 1.51 years 2019 up 127.4% volatile
104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.49 years 2015 — volatile
105 South Africa 1.48 years 2018 up 12.7% rising
106 Guatemala 1.41 years 2015 up 60.5% volatile
107 Tajikistan 1.4 years 2017 up 87.3% rising
108 Cape Verde 1.37 years 2018 up 100.7% volatile
109 Sri Lanka 1.3 years 2019 up 24.6% volatile
110 Seychelles 1.28 years 2019 up 542.9% volatile
111 Samoa 1.27 years 2018 — volatile
113 Aruba 1.16 years 2016 down 35.7% flat
114 Bermuda 1.14 years 2018 down 35.8% rising
115 Myanmar 1.13 years 2018 up 85.1% volatile
116 Saint Lucia 1.06 years 2019 down 17.4% volatile
117 British Virgin Islands 1.04 years 2018 down 76.7% falling
118 Lebanon 1.03 years 1985 up 101.6% rising
119 Bangladesh 1 years 2019 up 146.0% volatile
121 Nicaragua 0.9175 years 2002 up 122.4% volatile
122 Fiji 0.8802 years 2005 — volatile
123 Sudan 0.853 years 2015 up 31.5% rising
124 Bhutan 0.8486 years 2020 up 207.7% volatile
125 Ghana 0.7889 years 2019 up 135.6% volatile
126 Suriname 0.7863 years 2002 up 34.6% rising
127 Laos 0.7705 years 2019 up 3.4% volatile
128 Guyana 0.7694 years 2012 up 4.2% volatile
129 Cambodia 0.7157 years 2019 up 69.5% volatile
130 Lesotho 0.7027 years 2018 up 213.4% volatile
131 Nepal 0.6845 years 2019 up 59.6% volatile
132 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6826 years 2015 up 258.9% rising
133 Cameroon 0.6702 years 2018 up 92.3% volatile
134 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6681 years 2004 up 120.9% volatile
135 Iraq 0.5993 years 2005 up 47.1% rising
136 Uzbekistan 0.5675 years 2019 up 36.3% falling
137 Senegal 0.5631 years 2019 up 93.9% volatile
138 Congo 0.5376 years 2017 up 395.9% volatile
139 Kenya 0.4865 years 2017 up 346.2% volatile
140 Togo 0.4854 years 2019 up 113.1% volatile
141 Zimbabwe 0.4586 years 2015 up 60.5% volatile
142 Liberia 0.4576 years 2012 down 34.7% volatile
143 Cote d'Ivoire 0.4499 years 2017 up 50.2% volatile
144 Angola 0.4494 years 2016 up 1,493.0% volatile
145 Benin 0.418 years 2018 up 91.9% volatile
146 Pakistan 0.416 years 2018 up 63.6% volatile
147 Nigeria 0.415 years 2011 up 54.7% volatile
148 Comoros 0.4024 years 2014 up 197.3% volatile
149 Tonga 0.4006 years 2003 — rising
150 Dominica 0.3625 years 1993 up 507.3% volatile
151 Guinea 0.3595 years 2014 up 821.1% volatile
152 Eswatini 0.3585 years 2013 up 50.0% volatile
153 Mozambique 0.3267 years 2018 up 138.7% volatile
154 Rwanda 0.3138 years 2019 up 37.3% volatile
155 Yemen 0.3085 years 2011 up 11.1% rising
156 Gabon 0.3062 years 2003 up 92.8% volatile
157 Madagascar 0.2831 years 2018 up 65.9% rising
158 Burkina Faso 0.2818 years 2019 up 124.0% volatile
159 Ethiopia 0.2632 years 2014 up 303.9% volatile
160 Afghanistan 0.2452 years 2018 up 247.3% volatile
161 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2366 years 2016 up 101.8% volatile
162 Djibouti 0.2284 years 2011 up 691.4% volatile
163 Mauritania 0.218 years 2019 up 61.4% volatile
164 Uganda 0.205 years 2014 up 47.3% volatile
165 Mali 0.1759 years 2015 up 152.2% volatile
166 Zambia 0.1751 years 2012 up 143.4% volatile
167 Niger 0.1672 years 2019 up 349.4% volatile
168 Burundi 0.1536 years 2018 up 105.7% volatile
169 Eritrea 0.1393 years 2016 up 578.1% volatile
170 Gambia 0.1262 years 2012 up 474.5% volatile
171 Tanzania 0.1226 years 2019 up 26.4% volatile
172 Central African Republic 0.0837 years 2012 up 170.6% volatile
173 Chad 0.073 years 2015 up 751.3% volatile
174 Papua New Guinea 0.0641 years 1999 up 56.7% volatile
175 Sierra Leone 0.0571 years 2002 — volatile
176 Malawi 0.0318 years 2011 up 229.6% rising
177 Haiti 0.0267 years 1986 up 79.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (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.