China (People’s Republic of) vs Low income: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes

China (People’s Republic of)
2.67 years
in 2019
Low income
0.5634 years
in 2019
China (People’s Republic of) rank
40th
Low income rank
42nd

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • Low income
0123197119952019

How they compare

China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 2.67 years against 0.5634 years in Low income, a difference of 2.11 years.

That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 4.7 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Low income ahead.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 40th and Low income ranks 42nd of 191 countries.

China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) Low income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2651 years 0.209 years 0.056 years China (People’s Republic of)
1980s 0.6526 years 0.227 years 0.4255 years China (People’s Republic of)
1990s 1.02 years 0.2378 years 0.7803 years China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 1.33 years 0.2878 years 1.04 years China (People’s Republic of)
2010s 2.26 years 0.4804 years 1.78 years China (People’s Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes, China (People’s Republic of) or Low income?
China (People’s Republic of), at 2.67 years against 0.5634 years in Low income as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes between China (People’s Republic of) and Low income?
2.11 years, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Low income?
44 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and Low income rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 40th and Low income ranks 42nd of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
236 places, 7,887 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.