Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary, female

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
4.06 years
in 2019
Madagascar
6.88 years
in 2019
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
45th
Madagascar rank
43rd

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Madagascar
02468197119952019

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 6.88 years against 4.06 years in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 2.82 years.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.7 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 45th and Madagascar ranks 43rd of 45 groups.

Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Madagascar Difference Ahead
1980s 3.71 years 5.79 years 2.08 years Madagascar
1990s 3.79 years 4.45 years 0.6626 years Madagascar
2000s 4.18 years 6.51 years 2.33 years Madagascar
2010s 4.16 years 7.27 years 3.11 years Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 6.88 years against 4.06 years in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Madagascar?
2.82 years, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Madagascar?
35 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Madagascar rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 45th and Madagascar ranks 43rd 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.