Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Ethiopia or Malta?

Ethiopia, at 6.39 years against 6.38 years in Malta as of 2015.

What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Ethiopia and Malta?

0.01 years, with Ethiopia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malta?

44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.

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.

Ethiopia vs Malta: School life expectancy, primary, male

Ethiopia

6.39 years

in 2015

Malta

6.38 years

in 2018

Ethiopia rank

76th

Malta rank

77th

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

Ethiopia
Malta

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 6.39 years against 6.38 years in Malta, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Malta ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 76th and Malta ranks 77th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.59 years	6.06 years	4.46 years	Malta
1980s	2.97 years	6.49 years	3.52 years	Malta
1990s	2.62 years	6.33 years	3.7 years	Malta
2000s	5.23 years	6.1 years	0.8675 years	Malta
2010s	6.11 years	6.08 years	0.0298 years	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Ethiopia or Malta?: Ethiopia, at 6.39 years against 6.38 years in Malta as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Ethiopia and Malta?: 0.01 years, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malta?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Ethiopia and Malta rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?: Ethiopia ranks 76th and Malta ranks 77th 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: 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.