OECD members vs Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female

OECD members
9.33 years
in 2019
Sierra Leone
11.11 years
in 2019
OECD members rank
8th
Sierra Leone rank
11th

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

  • OECD members
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 11.11 years against 9.33 years in OECD members, a difference of 1.78 years.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times OECD members's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2001 it was OECD members ahead.

OECD members ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 43 groups.

OECD members has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
2000s 9.04 years 4.23 years 4.81 years OECD members
2010s 9.31 years 9.06 years 0.248 years OECD members

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female, OECD members or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 11.11 years against 9.33 years in OECD members as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female between OECD members and Sierra Leone?
1.78 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Sierra Leone?
9 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2019.
How do OECD members and Sierra Leone rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
OECD members ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 43 groups.
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.