Bhutan vs Pre-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes

Bhutan
7.37 years
in 2020
Pre-demographic dividend
6.09 years
in 2019
Bhutan rank
19th
Pre-demographic dividend rank
18th

School life expectancy, primary, both sexes over time

  • Bhutan
  • Pre-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 7.37 years against 6.09 years in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 1.28 years.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.2 times Pre-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Pre-demographic dividend ahead.

Bhutan ranks 19th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 18th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Pre-demographic dividend in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Pre-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1970s 1.62 years 3.8 years 2.18 years Pre-demographic dividend
1980s 3.47 years 4.84 years 1.37 years Pre-demographic dividend
1990s 4.39 years 4.55 years 0.1522 years Pre-demographic dividend
2000s 6.28 years 5.7 years 0.5769 years Bhutan
2010s 7.34 years 6.1 years 1.24 years Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, both sexes, Bhutan or Pre-demographic dividend?
Bhutan, at 7.37 years against 6.09 years in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2020.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, both sexes between Bhutan and Pre-demographic dividend?
1.28 years, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Pre-demographic dividend?
45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Bhutan and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes?
Bhutan ranks 19th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 18th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 9,854 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level 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.