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School life expectancy, tertiary, male (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
6.5 years
Greece
Lowest
0.0509 years
Malawi
Median
1.59 years
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
6,910

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 6.5 years in Greece; the lowest is 0.0509 years in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.59 years, and the mean is 1.74 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 128.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 3,781.3%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 78.7%).

School life expectancy, tertiary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 6.5 years 2018 up 70.9% volatile
2 Turkey 6.38 years 2018 up 173.4% volatile
3 South Korea 5.08 years 2018 down 10.2% volatile
4 Grenada 4.42 years 2018 up 63.1% volatile
5 Australia 4.35 years 2018 — volatile
6 Puerto Rico 4.28 years 2018 up 35.3% rising
7 Chile 4.06 years 2018 up 38.6% volatile
8 Netherlands 3.99 years 2018 up 40.3% rising
9 Finland 3.94 years 2018 down 4.2% rising
10 Russia 3.89 years 2018 up 22.4% rising
11 Spain 3.79 years 2018 up 42.6% rising
12 Macao 3.75 years 2019 up 15.8% rising
13 Hong Kong 3.74 years 2019 up 29.7% volatile
14 Ukraine 3.64 years 2014 up 19.9% rising
15 Belarus 3.61 years 2018 up 24.2% rising
16 Austria 3.57 years 2018 up 0.9% rising
17 Denmark 3.51 years 2018 up 18.8% rising
18 New Zealand 3.45 years 2018 up 2.4% rising
19 Peru 3.44 years 2017 up 108.9% volatile
20 United States 3.41 years 2018 up 2.2% rising
21 Argentina 3.4 years 2017 up 20.5% rising
23 Belgium 3.33 years 2018 up 24.5% rising
24 Norway 3.31 years 2018 up 21.7% rising
25 Germany 3.25 years 2018 up 9.0% rising
26 Cyprus 3.2 years 2018 up 62.3% volatile
27 Iran 3.1 years 2018 up 76.8% volatile
28 Saudi Arabia 3.03 years 2019 up 117.6% volatile
29 Portugal 2.97 years 2018 up 18.1% volatile
30 Venezuela 2.97 years 2008 up 154.0% rising
31 France 2.96 years 2018 up 37.6% rising
32 Slovenia 2.96 years 2018 down 11.0% rising
33 Georgia 2.95 years 2019 up 131.5% rising
34 Canada 2.9 years 2018 up 8.4% falling
35 Latvia 2.89 years 2018 up 18.2% rising
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.89 years 2015 up 350.3% volatile
37 Libya 2.87 years 2003 up 258.6% volatile
38 Israel 2.84 years 2018 up 2.1% rising
39 Switzerland 2.83 years 2018 up 20.3% rising
40 Bulgaria 2.82 years 2018 up 27.6% rising
41 Lithuania 2.82 years 2018 down 14.1% rising
42 Croatia 2.8 years 2018 up 27.9% rising
43 San Marino 2.73 years 2019 up 19.7% rising
44 Colombia 2.71 years 2018 up 49.7% volatile
45 Iceland 2.69 years 2018 up 2.4% rising
46 Kazakhstan 2.67 years 2019 up 24.8% rising
47 Mongolia 2.67 years 2018 up 35.4% rising
48 Italy 2.63 years 2018 up 2.3% rising
49 Serbia 2.6 years 2019 up 25.9% rising
50 Sweden 2.59 years 2018 down 6.4% rising
51 Costa Rica 2.55 years 2019 up 25.2% rising
52 United Kingdom 2.53 years 2018 up 6.7% rising
53 Poland 2.52 years 2018 down 12.0% volatile
54 China 2.42 years 2019 up 119.7% volatile
55 Estonia 2.37 years 2018 down 8.0% rising
56 Czechia 2.35 years 2018 down 0.8% volatile
58 Montenegro 2.33 years 2019 up 8.5% rising
59 Albania 2.33 years 2019 up 64.0% volatile
60 Ecuador 2.27 years 2015 up 11.3% rising
61 Armenia 2.16 years 2019 down 6.4% rising
62 Dominican Republic 2.16 years 2017 up 62.8% volatile
63 Hungary 2.13 years 2018 down 17.1% volatile
64 Mexico 2.13 years 2018 up 53.9% rising
65 Romania 2.1 years 2018 down 26.0% volatile
66 Thailand 2.05 years 2016 down 5.9% rising
67 Barbados 2.02 years 2011 up 75.0% volatile
69 Algeria 1.94 years 2018 up 96.4% rising
70 Malaysia 1.93 years 2019 up 21.8% volatile
71 Morocco 1.93 years 2019 up 165.9% volatile
72 Syria 1.87 years 2016 up 72.5% rising
73 Kyrgyzstan 1.87 years 2019 down 8.0% rising
74 Panama 1.87 years 2016 up 12.8% rising
75 Kuwait 1.86 years 2019 up 204.1% volatile
76 North Macedonia 1.84 years 2018 up 1.7% rising
77 Bahrain 1.83 years 2019 up 9.2% volatile
78 Tajikistan 1.83 years 2017 up 21.3% rising
79 Uruguay 1.79 years 2006 up 46.0% rising
80 Indonesia 1.78 years 2018 up 64.4% volatile
81 Palestine 1.76 years 2019 down 26.7% rising
82 Egypt 1.73 years 2017 up 1.0% rising
83 Brazil 1.71 years 2011 up 94.4% rising
84 Mauritius 1.69 years 2017 up 49.1% volatile
85 Paraguay 1.68 years 2010 up 150.2% rising
86 Slovakia 1.67 years 2018 down 19.4% rising
87 Jordan 1.63 years 2018 down 16.5% rising
88 Cuba 1.61 years 2018 down 63.6% volatile
89 United Arab Emirates 1.6 years 2017 up 211.1% volatile
90 Lebanon 1.59 years 1985 up 7.3% rising
91 El Salvador 1.57 years 2018 up 22.3% rising
92 Moldova 1.57 years 2019 down 2.7% rising
93 Philippines 1.54 years 2017 up 23.9% rising
94 Azerbaijan 1.48 years 2019 up 52.7% falling
95 Bangladesh 1.4 years 2019 up 105.4% volatile
96 India 1.36 years 2019 up 46.5% volatile
97 Honduras 1.29 years 2018 up 56.5% rising
98 Guatemala 1.28 years 2015 up 49.8% volatile
99 Vietnam 1.28 years 2016 up 50.1% volatile
100 Brunei 1.25 years 2019 up 103.9% volatile
101 Oman 1.25 years 2019 up 25.9% volatile
102 Tunisia 1.13 years 2019 down 19.2% volatile
103 Botswana 1.12 years 2019 up 84.5% volatile
104 South Africa 1.02 years 2018 up 9.7% rising
105 Iraq 1.01 years 2005 up 33.9% rising
106 Jamaica 0.9941 years 2015 up 70.5% rising
107 Belize 0.9878 years 2019 up 17.5% rising
108 Benin 0.9552 years 2018 up 63.2% volatile
109 Ghana 0.9312 years 2019 up 72.2% volatile
110 Namibia 0.926 years 2017 up 165.4% volatile
111 Togo 0.9152 years 2019 up 9.5% volatile
112 Cape Verde 0.8992 years 2018 up 71.5% volatile
113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8893 years 2015 — volatile
114 Guinea 0.8696 years 2014 up 247.6% volatile
115 Sudan 0.839 years 2015 up 46.1% rising
116 Maldives 0.8309 years 2017 up 135.5% volatile
117 Nicaragua 0.8257 years 2002 up 97.0% rising
118 Congo 0.8179 years 2017 up 58.3% rising
119 Myanmar 0.8147 years 2018 up 81.4% volatile
120 Sri Lanka 0.811 years 2019 up 39.0% volatile
122 Bhutan 0.7989 years 2020 up 80.6% volatile
123 Bermuda 0.7735 years 2018 down 9.7% rising
124 Cambodia 0.7648 years 2019 up 1.5% volatile
125 Cameroon 0.7562 years 2018 up 72.0% volatile
126 Senegal 0.7507 years 2019 up 48.5% volatile
127 Fiji 0.7373 years 2005 — volatile
128 Liberia 0.7326 years 2012 down 41.8% volatile
129 Afghanistan 0.7104 years 2018 up 137.8% volatile
130 Laos 0.7012 years 2019 down 28.9% volatile
131 Yemen 0.7008 years 2011 down 14.3% rising
132 Cote d'Ivoire 0.685 years 2017 up 13.9% volatile
133 Uzbekistan 0.6714 years 2019 up 11.3% falling
134 Kenya 0.66 years 2017 up 257.8% volatile
135 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6562 years 2015 up 218.9% rising
136 Nepal 0.6471 years 2019 down 6.9% rising
137 Samoa 0.6072 years 2018 — volatile
138 Nigeria 0.5998 years 2011 up 74.8% rising
139 British Virgin Islands 0.5974 years 2018 down 78.7% falling
140 Aruba 0.5965 years 2016 down 53.1% falling
141 Angola 0.555 years 2016 up 1,183.4% volatile
142 Seychelles 0.5543 years 2019 up 822.0% volatile
143 Zimbabwe 0.546 years 2015 up 40.1% rising
144 Ethiopia 0.5446 years 2014 up 178.9% volatile
145 Burkina Faso 0.5337 years 2019 up 100.9% volatile
146 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5282 years 2004 up 24.3% rising
147 Gabon 0.5214 years 2003 up 40.5% volatile
148 Saint Lucia 0.5026 years 2019 down 1.0% volatile
149 Comoros 0.4956 years 2014 up 184.5% volatile
150 Pakistan 0.4777 years 2018 up 59.2% rising
151 Suriname 0.4731 years 2002 down 1.3% rising
152 Mali 0.4368 years 2015 up 214.9% volatile
153 Lesotho 0.4347 years 2018 up 131.8% volatile
154 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4233 years 2016 up 26.6% volatile
155 Eswatini 0.4131 years 2013 up 97.9% rising
156 Mozambique 0.4054 years 2018 up 82.0% volatile
157 Guyana 0.3894 years 2012 down 0.1% rising
158 Rwanda 0.3846 years 2019 up 28.8% volatile
159 Dominica 0.361 years 1993 up 3,781.3% volatile
160 Mauritania 0.3564 years 2019 up 2.0% rising
161 Madagascar 0.3089 years 2018 up 55.2% rising
162 Djibouti 0.3013 years 2011 up 655.7% volatile
163 Niger 0.2941 years 2019 up 193.7% volatile
164 Qatar 0.2875 years 2019 up 41.1% falling
165 Uganda 0.2809 years 2014 up 22.7% volatile
166 Burundi 0.2526 years 2018 up 47.7% volatile
167 Chad 0.2516 years 2015 up 89.1% volatile
168 Tonga 0.2414 years 2003 — flat
169 Zambia 0.2375 years 2012 up 53.8% rising
170 Central African Republic 0.2293 years 2012 up 41.8% rising
171 Gambia 0.2082 years 2012 up 113.8% rising
172 Eritrea 0.1964 years 2016 up 44.9% rising
173 Tanzania 0.1864 years 2019 up 58.3% volatile
174 Sierra Leone 0.1377 years 2002 — rising
175 Papua New Guinea 0.1125 years 1999 down 7.2% rising
176 Haiti 0.0797 years 1986 up 61.5% rising
177 Malawi 0.0509 years 2011 up 98.4% 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, male (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.