School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sweden
Sweden: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 4.09 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sweden, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sweden stood at 4.09 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sweden peaked at 4.66 years in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.9421 years, in 1971.
That places Sweden 29th out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.2 years | 0.9421 years | 1.68 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.63 years | 1.58 years | 1.69 years | 6 |
| 1990s | 2.41 years | 1.67 years | 3.73 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.39 years | 3.98 years | 4.66 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.17 years | 3.92 years | 4.58 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 71,551 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.43 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sweden?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sweden was 4.09 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 4.66 years in 2004.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9421 years in 1971.
- How does Sweden rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Sweden ranks 29th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.