Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Kiribati or Mexico?

Kiribati, at 6.34 years against 6.32 years in Mexico as of 2017.

What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Kiribati and Mexico?

0.02 years, with Kiribati ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Mexico?

39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.

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.

Kiribati vs Mexico: School life expectancy, primary, female

Kiribati

6.34 years

in 2017

Mexico

6.32 years

in 2018

Kiribati rank

74th

Mexico rank

76th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

Kiribati
Mexico

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 6.34 years against 6.32 years in Mexico, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 74th and Mexico ranks 76th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Mexico	Difference	Ahead
1970s	8.58 years	6.51 years	2.07 years	Kiribati
1980s	8.98 years	7.05 years	1.92 years	Kiribati
1990s	8.31 years	6.49 years	1.83 years	Kiribati
2000s	6.75 years	6.49 years	0.2633 years	Kiribati
2010s	6.55 years	6.4 years	0.1527 years	Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Kiribati or Mexico?: Kiribati, at 6.34 years against 6.32 years in Mexico as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Kiribati and Mexico?: 0.02 years, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Mexico?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Kiribati and Mexico rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?: Kiribati ranks 74th and Mexico ranks 76th 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: 07 August 2026

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.