Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Paraguay or Uruguay?

Uruguay, at 6.38 years against 6.33 years in Paraguay as of 2018.

What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Paraguay and Uruguay?

0.05 years, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Uruguay?

42 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2012.

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.

Paraguay vs Uruguay: School life expectancy, primary, male

Paraguay

6.33 years

in 2012

Uruguay

6.38 years

in 2018

Paraguay rank

80th

Uruguay rank

79th

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

Paraguay
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 6.38 years against 6.33 years in Paraguay, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Uruguay ahead.

Paraguay ranks 80th and Uruguay ranks 79th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Paraguay averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Paraguay	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1970s	6.15 years	6.61 years	0.4647 years	Uruguay
1980s	6.37 years	6.56 years	0.1888 years	Uruguay
1990s	6.88 years	6.64 years	0.2363 years	Paraguay
2000s	6.78 years	6.84 years	0.0548 years	Uruguay
2010s	6.24 years	6.84 years	0.6017 years	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Paraguay or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 6.38 years against 6.33 years in Paraguay as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Paraguay and Uruguay?: 0.05 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Uruguay?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2012.
How do Paraguay and Uruguay rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?: Paraguay ranks 80th and Uruguay ranks 79th 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.