Fiji vs Small states: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female

Fiji
11.28 years
in 2019
Small states
9.4 years
in 2019
Fiji rank
5th
Small states rank
6th

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

  • Fiji
  • Small states
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How they compare

Fiji currently reports 11.28 years against 9.4 years in Small states, a difference of 1.88 years.

That makes Fiji's figure about 1.2 times Small states's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Fiji has been ahead every year.

Fiji ranks 5th and Small states ranks 6th of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Fiji Small states Difference Ahead
1990s 10.12 years 8.42 years 1.7 years Fiji
2000s 10.55 years 8.88 years 1.66 years Fiji
2010s 10.76 years 9.34 years 1.43 years Fiji

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, Fiji or Small states?
Fiji, at 11.28 years against 9.4 years in Small states as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between Fiji and Small states?
1.88 years, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Small states?
17 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Fiji and Small states rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Fiji ranks 5th and Small states ranks 6th 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.