Mali vs Niger: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female

Mali
5.69 years
in 2018
Niger
5.31 years
in 2017
Mali rank
184th
Niger rank
187th

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

  • Mali
  • Niger
23456199520062018

How they compare

Mali currently reports 5.69 years against 5.31 years in Niger, a difference of 0.38 years.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

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

Mali ranks 184th and Niger ranks 187th of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Niger Difference Ahead
1990s 3.21 years 1.73 years 1.49 years Mali
2000s 4.7 years 2.77 years 1.93 years Mali
2010s 5.85 years 4.63 years 1.22 years Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, Mali or Niger?
Mali, at 5.69 years against 5.31 years in Niger as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between Mali and Niger?
0.38 years, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
17 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
How do Mali and Niger rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Mali ranks 184th and Niger ranks 187th 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.