Botswana vs Maldives: School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes

Botswana
4 years
in 2008
Maldives
4.07 years
in 2019
Botswana rank
144th
Maldives rank
143rd

School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes over time

  • Botswana
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 4.07 years against 4 years in Botswana, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 144th and Maldives ranks 143rd of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Maldives Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4174 years 0.1344 years 0.283 years Botswana
1980s 1.1 years 0.4122 years 0.6829 years Botswana
1990s 3.47 years 2.77 years 0.7025 years Botswana
2000s 4.12 years 3.14 years 0.9843 years Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes, Botswana or Maldives?
Maldives, at 4.07 years against 4 years in Botswana as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes between Botswana and Maldives?
0.07 years, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Maldives?
14 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2004.
How do Botswana and Maldives rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
Botswana ranks 144th and Maldives ranks 143rd of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (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, secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
198 places, 6,439 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.