Euro area vs Samoa: School life expectancy, primary, female

Euro area
5.23 years
in 2019
Samoa
6.98 years
in 2019
Euro area rank
38th
Samoa rank
35th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • Euro area
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 6.98 years against 5.23 years in Euro area, a difference of 1.75 years.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.3 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Euro area ahead.

Euro area ranks 38th and Samoa ranks 35th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Samoa Difference Ahead
1970s 5.17 years 5.48 years 0.3064 years Samoa
1980s 5.13 years 5.98 years 0.8492 years Samoa
1990s 5.08 years 6.02 years 0.9426 years Samoa
2000s 5.2 years 6.37 years 1.17 years Samoa
2010s 5.25 years 6.62 years 1.37 years Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Euro area or Samoa?
Samoa, at 6.98 years against 5.23 years in Euro area as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Euro area and Samoa?
1.75 years, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Samoa?
38 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Euro area and Samoa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
Euro area ranks 38th and Samoa ranks 35th of 45 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.