Republic of Korea vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female

Republic of Korea
2.81 years
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.7785 years
in 2019
Republic of Korea rank
32nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
34th

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female over time

  • Republic of Korea
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0123197119952019

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 2.81 years against 0.7785 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 2.03 years.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 3.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Republic of Korea ranks 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 189 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Republic of Korea Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.2956 years 0.2911 years 0.0045 years Republic of Korea
1990s 0.7254 years 0.3093 years 0.4161 years Republic of Korea
2010s 2.82 years 0.7094 years 2.11 years Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, female, Republic of Korea or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Republic of Korea, at 2.81 years against 0.7785 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, female between Republic of Korea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
2.03 years, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
17 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2018.
How do Republic of Korea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Republic of Korea ranks 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 34th 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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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

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.