Denmark vs Iceland: School life expectancy, primary, female
School life expectancy, primary, female over time
- Denmark
- Iceland
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 7.03 years against 7.02 years in Iceland, a difference of 0.0117 years.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iceland ahead.
Denmark ranks 29th and Iceland ranks 31st of 197 countries.
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About this data
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.