Finland vs Ireland: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes over time
- Finland
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.3957 years against 0.3623 years in Finland, a difference of 0.0334 years.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Finland ranks 32nd and Ireland ranks 29th of 109 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes, Finland or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 0.3957 years against 0.3623 years in Finland as of 2018.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes between Finland and Ireland?
- 0.0334 years, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Ireland?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2018.
- How do Finland and Ireland rank globally for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes?
- Finland ranks 32nd and Ireland ranks 29th of 109 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.