Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Uganda: School life expectancy, primary, female
School life expectancy, primary, female over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 7.31 years against 6.02 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 1.29 years.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 19th of 43 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.27 years | 2.6 years | 0.6614 years | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 4.26 years | 4.18 years | 0.0763 years | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 4.21 years | 5.52 years | 1.31 years | Uganda |
| 2000s | 5.36 years | 9.25 years | 3.89 years | Uganda |
| 2010s | 5.99 years | 7.95 years | 1.96 years | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 7.31 years against 6.02 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2017.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uganda?
- 1.29 years, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uganda?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uganda rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 19th of 43 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
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.