Latvia vs Sweden: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female

Latvia
3.79 years
in 2018
Sweden
3.88 years
in 2018
Latvia rank
3rd
Sweden rank
2nd

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female over time

  • Latvia
  • Sweden
1234198119992018

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 3.88 years against 3.79 years in Latvia, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Sweden ahead.

Latvia ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 2nd of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 1.74 years 2.87 years 1.13 years Sweden
2000s 3.07 years 3.5 years 0.4263 years Sweden
2010s 3.67 years 3.8 years 0.1308 years Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, female, Latvia or Sweden?
Sweden, at 3.88 years against 3.79 years in Latvia as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, female between Latvia and Sweden?
0.09 years, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Sweden?
25 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2018.
How do Latvia and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Latvia ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 2nd 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

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.