Least developed countries vs Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes

Least developed countries
0.6598 years
in 2019
Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
2.72 years
in 2019
Least developed countries rank
38th
Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China rank
37th

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

  • Least developed countries
  • Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
0123197119952019

How they compare

Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China currently reports 2.72 years against 0.6598 years in Least developed countries, a difference of 2.06 years.

That makes Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China's figure about 4.1 times Least developed countries's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China has been ahead every year.

Least developed countries ranks 38th and Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China ranks 37th of 44 countries.

Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Least developed countries Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1896 years 1.74 years 1.55 years Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
1980s 0.3155 years 2.83 years 2.51 years Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
1990s 0.3029 years 2.86 years 2.56 years Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
2000s 0.3231 years 2.58 years 2.26 years Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
2010s 0.5701 years 2.78 years 2.21 years Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes, Least developed countries or Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China?
Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, at 2.72 years against 0.6598 years in Least developed countries as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes between Least developed countries and Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China?
2.06 years, with Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Least developed countries and Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China?
34 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Least developed countries and Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
Least developed countries ranks 38th and Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China ranks 37th of 44 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.