India vs Nigeria: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male

India
7.28 years
in 2019
Nigeria
6.75 years
in 2016
India rank
175th
Nigeria rank
178th

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

  • India
  • Nigeria
02468199420062019

How they compare

India currently reports 7.28 years against 6.75 years in Nigeria, a difference of 0.53 years.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Nigeria ahead.

India ranks 175th and Nigeria ranks 178th of 188 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Nigeria Difference Ahead
1990s 6.99 years 7.34 years 0.3453 years Nigeria
2000s 7.44 years 7.19 years 0.2498 years India
2010s 7.8 years 7.07 years 0.734 years India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male, India or Nigeria?
India, at 7.28 years against 6.75 years in Nigeria as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male between India and Nigeria?
0.53 years, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Nigeria?
13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2016.
How do India and Nigeria rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
India ranks 175th and Nigeria ranks 178th 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.