Mali vs Sudan: School life expectancy, primary, female

Mali
4.24 years
in 2018
Sudan
4.52 years
in 2017
Mali rank
170th
Sudan rank
167th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • Mali
  • Sudan
12345197119942018

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 4.52 years against 4.24 years in Mali, a difference of 0.28 years.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Sudan ahead.

Mali ranks 170th and Sudan ranks 167th of 197 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Sudan Difference Ahead
2000s 3.87 years 3.61 years 0.2555 years Mali
2010s 4.43 years 4.21 years 0.218 years Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Mali or Sudan?
Sudan, at 4.52 years against 4.24 years in Mali as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Mali and Sudan?
0.28 years, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sudan?
16 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2017.
How do Mali and Sudan rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
Mali ranks 170th and Sudan ranks 167th 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.

Individual pages

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.