Kuwait vs Norway: School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes

Kuwait
6.84 years
in 2015
Norway
6.96 years
in 2018
Kuwait rank
47th
Norway rank
44th

School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes over time

  • Kuwait
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 6.96 years against 6.84 years in Kuwait, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 47th and Norway ranks 44th of 198 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Norway Difference Ahead
1970s 5.68 years 5.3 years 0.3825 years Kuwait
1980s 6.92 years 5.74 years 1.17 years Kuwait
1990s 6.49 years 6.79 years 0.2976 years Norway
2000s 7.37 years 6.84 years 0.531 years Kuwait
2010s 6.72 years 6.76 years 0.0347 years Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes, Kuwait or Norway?
Norway, at 6.96 years against 6.84 years in Kuwait as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes between Kuwait and Norway?
0.12 years, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Norway?
43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Kuwait and Norway rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
Kuwait ranks 47th and Norway ranks 44th 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.