Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, primary, male
School life expectancy, primary, male over time
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 7.96 years against 6.21 years in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 1.75 years.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Zimbabwe ranks 11th of 45 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.41 years | 4.95 years | 1.46 years | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 6.64 years | 8.29 years | 1.65 years | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 6.55 years | 7.4 years | 0.85 years | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 6.48 years | 7.54 years | 1.06 years | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 6.28 years | 8.03 years | 1.75 years | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 7.96 years against 6.21 years in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2013.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Zimbabwe?
- 1.75 years, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Zimbabwe?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2013.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Zimbabwe rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Zimbabwe ranks 11th of 45 groups.
- 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
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.