Egypt vs Switzerland: School life expectancy, primary, male

Egypt
6.38 years
in 2019
Switzerland
6.33 years
in 2018
Egypt rank
78th
Switzerland rank
81st

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

  • Egypt
  • Switzerland
0246197119952019

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 6.38 years against 6.33 years in Switzerland, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Switzerland ahead.

Egypt ranks 78th and Switzerland ranks 81st of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Switzerland Difference Ahead
1970s 4.92 years 5.3 years 0.3854 years Switzerland
1980s 5.34 years 4.98 years 0.3529 years Egypt
1990s 4.92 years 5.7 years 0.7788 years Switzerland
2000s 5.38 years 6.25 years 0.8706 years Switzerland
2010s 6.29 years 6.25 years 0.0341 years Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Egypt or Switzerland?
Egypt, at 6.38 years against 6.33 years in Switzerland as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Egypt and Switzerland?
0.05 years, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Switzerland?
42 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2018.
How do Egypt and Switzerland rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?
Egypt ranks 78th and Switzerland ranks 81st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, male (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, male (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.