East Asia & Pacific vs Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, primary, female

East Asia & Pacific
6.11 years
in 2019
Zimbabwe
7.76 years
in 2013
East Asia & Pacific rank
10th
Zimbabwe rank
11th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • East Asia & Pacific
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 7.76 years against 6.11 years in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 1.65 years.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times East Asia & Pacific's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1973 it was East Asia & Pacific ahead.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 10th and Zimbabwe ranks 11th of 43 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1970s 5.25 years 4.19 years 1.07 years East Asia & Pacific
1980s 5.64 years 7.9 years 2.26 years Zimbabwe
1990s 5.74 years 7.28 years 1.54 years Zimbabwe
2000s 5.84 years 7.35 years 1.5 years Zimbabwe
2010s 6.03 years 7.83 years 1.8 years Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, East Asia & Pacific or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 7.76 years against 6.11 years in East Asia & Pacific as of 2013.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between East Asia & Pacific and Zimbabwe?
1.65 years, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Zimbabwe?
29 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2013.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Zimbabwe rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
East Asia & Pacific ranks 10th and Zimbabwe ranks 11th of 43 groups.
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.