Ecuador vs Kenya: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes

Ecuador
6.19 years
in 2018
Kenya
6.19 years
in 2016
Ecuador rank
92nd
Kenya rank
91st

School life expectancy, primary, both sexes over time

  • Ecuador
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 6.19 years against 6.19 years in Ecuador, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 92nd and Kenya ranks 91st of 199 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Kenya Difference Ahead
1970s 6.34 years 5.6 years 0.7393 years Ecuador
1980s 7.29 years 6.54 years 0.7478 years Ecuador
1990s 7.09 years 5.6 years 1.49 years Ecuador
2000s 6.67 years 6.13 years 0.5428 years Ecuador
2010s 6.57 years 6.39 years 0.1785 years Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, both sexes, Ecuador or Kenya?
Kenya, at 6.19 years against 6.19 years in Ecuador as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, both sexes between Ecuador and Kenya?
0 years, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Kenya?
41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Ecuador and Kenya rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes?
Ecuador ranks 92nd and Kenya ranks 91st 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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About this data

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.