Bhutan vs Pacific island small states: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female

Bhutan
11.48 years
in 2020
Pacific island small states
9.89 years
in 2019
Bhutan rank
4th
Pacific island small states rank
1st

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

  • Bhutan
  • Pacific island small states
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 11.48 years against 9.89 years in Pacific island small states, a difference of 1.59 years.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.2 times Pacific island small states's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Pacific island small states ahead.

Bhutan ranks 4th and Pacific island small states ranks 1st of 188 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Pacific island small states in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Pacific island small states Difference Ahead
1990s 6.08 years 8.78 years 2.7 years Pacific island small states
2000s 8.27 years 9.23 years 0.958 years Pacific island small states
2010s 11.1 years 9.87 years 1.23 years Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, Bhutan or Pacific island small states?
Bhutan, at 11.48 years against 9.89 years in Pacific island small states as of 2020.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between Bhutan and Pacific island small states?
1.59 years, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Pacific island small states?
21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Bhutan and Pacific island small states rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Bhutan ranks 4th and Pacific island small states ranks 1st 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.