Bhutan vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, primary, female

Bhutan
7.43 years
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
6.01 years
in 2019
Bhutan rank
15th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
17th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • Bhutan
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
02468197019952020

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 7.43 years against 6.01 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 1.42 years.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.2 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.

Bhutan ranks 15th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 17th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7646 years 3.58 years 2.81 years Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1980s 2.47 years 4.53 years 2.06 years Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1990s 3.84 years 4.78 years 0.937 years Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2000s 6.16 years 5.32 years 0.8374 years Bhutan
2010s 7.38 years 5.83 years 1.55 years Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Bhutan or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Bhutan, at 7.43 years against 6.01 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 2020.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Bhutan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
1.42 years, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
42 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Bhutan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
Bhutan ranks 15th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 17th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, female (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, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
242 places, 9,331 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.