IDA total vs Italy: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes

IDA total
0.9093 years
in 2019
Italy
2.81 years
in 2018
IDA total rank
33rd
Italy rank
32nd

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

  • IDA total
  • Italy
0123197119952019

How they compare

Italy currently reports 2.81 years against 0.9093 years in IDA total, a difference of 1.9 years.

That makes Italy's figure about 3.1 times IDA total's.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

IDA total ranks 33rd and Italy ranks 32nd of 44 groups.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade IDA total Italy Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3733 years 2 years 1.63 years Italy
1980s 0.4598 years 2.51 years 2.05 years Italy
1990s 0.4869 years 2.83 years 2.34 years Italy
2000s 0.5025 years 3.02 years 2.51 years Italy
2010s 0.7773 years 2.92 years 2.15 years Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes, IDA total or Italy?
Italy, at 2.81 years against 0.9093 years in IDA total as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes between IDA total and Italy?
1.9 years, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Italy?
48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do IDA total and Italy rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
IDA total ranks 33rd and Italy ranks 32nd of 44 groups.
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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About this data

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.