Low income vs Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary, male

Low income
6.43 years
in 2019
Sierra Leone
8.45 years
in 2019
Low income rank
6th
Sierra Leone rank
7th

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

  • Low income
  • Sierra Leone
2468197019942019

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 8.45 years against 6.43 years in Low income, a difference of 2.02 years.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Low income ahead.

Low income ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 44 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Low income Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 3.88 years 3.11 years 0.7778 years Low income
1980s 4.27 years 4.44 years 0.1665 years Sierra Leone
1990s 4.02 years 3.8 years 0.2168 years Low income
2000s 5.01 years 4.41 years 0.6049 years Low income
2010s 6.4 years 7.22 years 0.8296 years Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Low income or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 8.45 years against 6.43 years in Low income as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Low income and Sierra Leone?
2.02 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Sierra Leone?
28 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Low income and Sierra Leone rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?
Low income ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 44 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

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.