Mozambique vs Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary, male

Mozambique
8.64 years
in 2019
Sierra Leone
8.45 years
in 2019
Mozambique rank
4th
Sierra Leone rank
7th

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

  • Mozambique
  • Sierra Leone
2468197119952019

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 8.64 years against 8.45 years in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.19 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Mozambique ahead.

Mozambique ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 4.48 years 3.18 years 1.3 years Mozambique
1980s 4.34 years 4.48 years 0.1378 years Sierra Leone
1990s 3.8 years 3.8 years 0.0023 years Mozambique
2000s 6.69 years 4.41 years 2.28 years Mozambique
2010s 8.3 years 7.22 years 1.08 years Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Mozambique or Sierra Leone?
Mozambique, at 8.64 years against 8.45 years in Sierra Leone as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Mozambique and Sierra Leone?
0.19 years, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sierra Leone?
22 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2019.
How do Mozambique and Sierra Leone rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?
Mozambique ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th 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.