Libya vs Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary, female

Libya
6.4 years
in 2006
Mauritania
6.44 years
in 2019
Libya rank
67th
Mauritania rank
64th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • Libya
  • Mauritania
02468197119952019

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 6.44 years against 6.4 years in Libya, a difference of 0.0489 years.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.

Libya ranks 67th and Mauritania ranks 64th of 197 countries.

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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.