Argentina vs Malawi: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female

Argentina
10.52 years
in 2017
Malawi
10.66 years
in 2019
Argentina rank
20th
Malawi rank
17th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female over time

  • Argentina
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 10.66 years against 10.52 years in Argentina, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 20th and Malawi ranks 17th of 188 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 10.53 years 9.85 years 0.6744 years Argentina
2000s 10.67 years 9.58 years 1.08 years Argentina
2010s 10.65 years 10.81 years 0.1516 years Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, Argentina or Malawi?
Malawi, at 10.66 years against 10.52 years in Argentina as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between Argentina and Malawi?
0.14 years, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Malawi?
18 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
How do Argentina and Malawi rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Argentina ranks 20th and Malawi ranks 17th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, 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, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified levels 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.