Maldives vs Uruguay: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female

Maldives
9.98 years
in 2019
Uruguay
10.06 years
in 2018
Maldives rank
39th
Uruguay rank
36th

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

  • Maldives
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 10.06 years against 9.98 years in Maldives, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 39th and Uruguay ranks 36th of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 10.88 years 10.03 years 0.849 years Maldives
2000s 11.57 years 10.07 years 1.51 years Maldives
2010s 10.17 years 10.15 years 0.0266 years Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, Maldives or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 10.06 years against 9.98 years in Maldives as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between Maldives and Uruguay?
0.08 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Uruguay?
14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Maldives and Uruguay rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Maldives ranks 39th and Uruguay ranks 36th 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.