School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Belgium
Belgium: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 4.33 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Belgium, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Belgium stood at 4.33 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Belgium peaked at 4.38 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6311 years, in 1971.
Belgium ranks 21st of 177 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8442 years | 0.6311 years | 1.09 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 1.38 years | 1.1 years | 1.69 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.43 years | 1.85 years | 3.08 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 3.29 years | 3.11 years | 3.55 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.06 years | 3.71 years | 4.38 years | 9 |
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More education data for Belgium
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 80,763 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.38 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Belgium?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Belgium was 4.33 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 4.38 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6311 years in 1971.
- How does Belgium rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Belgium ranks 21st out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (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.