Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, female, Italy or Uruguay?

Uruguay, at 2.85 years against 2.77 years in Italy as of 2018.

What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, female between Italy and Uruguay?

0.08 years, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Uruguay?

34 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Uruguay: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female

Italy

2.77 years

in 2018

Uruguay

2.85 years

in 2018

Italy rank

33rd

Uruguay rank

30th

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female over time

Italy
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 2.85 years against 2.77 years in Italy, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 33rd and Uruguay ranks 30th of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2.16 years	0.797 years	1.37 years	Italy
1980s	2.59 years	1.12 years	1.48 years	Italy
1990s	2.83 years	1.42 years	1.42 years	Italy
2000s	2.99 years	2.32 years	0.6697 years	Italy
2010s	2.89 years	2.79 years	0.103 years	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, female, Italy or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 2.85 years against 2.77 years in Italy as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, female between Italy and Uruguay?: 0.08 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Uruguay?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do Italy and Uruguay rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?: Italy ranks 33rd and Uruguay ranks 30th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (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, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 234 places, 7,033 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.