Guinea vs United States: School life expectancy, primary, male

Guinea
6.05 years
in 2016
United States
6.07 years
in 2018
Guinea rank
109th
United States rank
107th

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

  • Guinea
  • United States
23456197119942018

How they compare

United States currently reports 6.07 years against 6.05 years in Guinea, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1981 it was United States ahead.

Guinea ranks 109th and United States ranks 107th of 197 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea United States Difference Ahead
1980s 2.71 years 5.93 years 3.22 years United States
1990s 3.54 years 6.25 years 2.7 years United States
2000s 5.14 years 6.09 years 0.9554 years United States
2010s 5.87 years 6.01 years 0.1313 years United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Guinea or United States?
United States, at 6.07 years against 6.05 years in Guinea as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Guinea and United States?
0.02 years, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and United States?
31 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2016.
How do Guinea and United States rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?
Guinea ranks 109th and United States ranks 107th 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.