High income vs Zambia: School life expectancy, primary, female

High income
5.81 years
in 2019
Zambia
7.13 years
in 2017
High income rank
25th
Zambia rank
26th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • High income
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 7.13 years against 5.81 years in High income, a difference of 1.32 years.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1970 it was High income ahead.

High income ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 26th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 5.46 years 5.77 years 0.3097 years Zambia
1980s 5.58 years 6.35 years 0.7713 years Zambia
1990s 5.7 years 5.62 years 0.0761 years High income
2000s 5.78 years 7.05 years 1.27 years Zambia
2010s 5.83 years 7.41 years 1.58 years Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, High income or Zambia?
Zambia, at 7.13 years against 5.81 years in High income as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between High income and Zambia?
1.32 years, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Zambia?
40 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do High income and Zambia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
High income ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 26th 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.