Samoa vs Tanzania: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes

Samoa
0.8119 years
in 2019
Tanzania
0.8254 years
in 2019
Samoa rank
147th
Tanzania rank
144th

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

  • Samoa
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.8254 years against 0.8119 years in Samoa, a difference of 0.0135 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 147th and Tanzania ranks 144th of 191 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Tanzania Difference Ahead
2000s 0.8653 years 0.6596 years 0.2057 years Samoa
2010s 0.7742 years 0.7654 years 0.0088 years Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes, Samoa or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 0.8254 years against 0.8119 years in Samoa as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes between Samoa and Tanzania?
0.0135 years, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tanzania?
12 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2019.
How do Samoa and Tanzania rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
Samoa ranks 147th and Tanzania ranks 144th 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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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.