OECD members vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male

OECD members
9.32 years
in 2019
Sweden
11.04 years
in 2018
OECD members rank
11th
Sweden rank
13th

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

  • OECD members
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 11.04 years against 9.32 years in OECD members, a difference of 1.72 years.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times OECD members's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Sweden ahead.

OECD members ranks 11th and Sweden ranks 13th of 43 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, OECD members averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 9.04 years 9.55 years 0.5153 years Sweden
2000s 9.24 years 9.24 years 0.0004 years OECD members
2010s 9.32 years 10.05 years 0.7311 years Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male, OECD members or Sweden?
Sweden, at 11.04 years against 9.32 years in OECD members as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male between OECD members and Sweden?
1.72 years, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Sweden?
26 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2018.
How do OECD members and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
OECD members ranks 11th and Sweden ranks 13th of 43 groups.
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.