India vs Laos: School life expectancy, primary, female

India
4.9 years
in 2019
Laos
4.92 years
in 2019
India rank
159th
Laos rank
158th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • India
  • Laos
0246197119952019

How they compare

Laos currently reports 4.92 years against 4.9 years in India, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was India ahead.

India ranks 159th and Laos ranks 158th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, India averaged higher in 1 and Laos in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Laos Difference Ahead
1970s 3.19 years 3.66 years 0.4686 years Laos
1980s 3.54 years 4.53 years 0.9918 years Laos
1990s 4.14 years 4.84 years 0.6929 years Laos
2000s 4.97 years 5.26 years 0.2875 years Laos
2010s 5.68 years 5.58 years 0.1001 years India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, India or Laos?
Laos, at 4.92 years against 4.9 years in India as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between India and Laos?
0.02 years, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Laos?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do India and Laos rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
India ranks 159th and Laos ranks 158th of 197 countries.
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.