Belize vs Malawi: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male

Belize
10.73 years
in 2019
Malawi
10.85 years
in 2019
Belize rank
20th
Malawi rank
18th

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

  • Belize
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 10.85 years against 10.73 years in Belize, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Malawi ahead.

Belize ranks 20th and Malawi ranks 18th of 188 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belize Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 10.28 years 11.03 years 0.749 years Malawi
2000s 10.38 years 9.97 years 0.411 years Belize
2010s 10.6 years 10.82 years 0.2153 years Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male, Belize or Malawi?
Malawi, at 10.85 years against 10.73 years in Belize as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male between Belize and Malawi?
0.12 years, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Malawi?
19 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Belize and Malawi rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
Belize ranks 20th and Malawi ranks 18th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (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, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,493 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.