Haiti vs Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes

Haiti
6.81 years
in 1998
Madagascar
6.84 years
in 2019
Haiti rank
53rd
Madagascar rank
50th

School life expectancy, primary, both sexes over time

  • Haiti
  • Madagascar
02468197119952019

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 6.84 years against 6.81 years in Haiti, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Madagascar ahead.

Haiti ranks 53rd and Madagascar ranks 50th of 199 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 1 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Madagascar Difference Ahead
1970s 3.5 years 5.63 years 2.13 years Madagascar
1980s 5.01 years 6.34 years 1.33 years Madagascar
1990s 5.44 years 4.37 years 1.07 years Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, both sexes, Haiti or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 6.84 years against 6.81 years in Haiti as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, both sexes between Haiti and Madagascar?
0.03 years, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Madagascar?
21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 1998.
How do Haiti and Madagascar rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes?
Haiti ranks 53rd and Madagascar ranks 50th 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.