Costa Rica vs Lesotho: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female over time
- Costa Rica
- Lesotho
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 11.01 years against 10.74 years in Lesotho, a difference of 0.27 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Lesotho ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 12th and Lesotho ranks 15th of 188 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.46 years | 8.46 years | 0.0024 years | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 9.5 years | 10.1 years | 0.5941 years | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 10.44 years | 10.7 years | 0.2674 years | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, Costa Rica or Lesotho?
- Costa Rica, at 11.01 years against 10.74 years in Lesotho as of 2019.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 0.27 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2017.
- How do Costa Rica and Lesotho rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 12th and Lesotho ranks 15th 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
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.