Malawi vs Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male over time
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 10.88 years against 10.85 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.03 years.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 16th of 188 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.71 years | 6.03 years | 4.68 years | Malawi |
| 2010s | 10.83 years | 9.12 years | 1.71 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, Malawi or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 10.88 years against 10.85 years in Malawi as of 2019.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male between Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 0.03 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2019.
- How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- Malawi ranks 18th and Sierra Leone ranks 16th 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
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.