Kuwait vs Mali: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes

Kuwait
4.42 years
in 2019
Mali
4.49 years
in 2018
Kuwait rank
171st
Mali rank
170th

School life expectancy, primary, both sexes over time

  • Kuwait
  • Mali
12345197119952019

How they compare

Mali currently reports 4.49 years against 4.42 years in Kuwait, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 171st and Mali ranks 170th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Mali Difference Ahead
1970s 4.08 years 1.57 years 2.51 years Kuwait
1980s 4.11 years 1.51 years 2.6 years Kuwait
1990s 3.49 years 2.36 years 1.13 years Kuwait
2000s 4.57 years 4.3 years 0.2652 years Kuwait
2010s 5.03 years 4.69 years 0.3467 years Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, both sexes, Kuwait or Mali?
Mali, at 4.49 years against 4.42 years in Kuwait as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, both sexes between Kuwait and Mali?
0.07 years, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Mali?
48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Kuwait and Mali rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes?
Kuwait ranks 171st and Mali ranks 170th 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.