Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, secondary, female

Burkina Faso
3.1 years
in 2019
Zimbabwe
3.08 years
in 2013
Burkina Faso rank
162nd
Zimbabwe rank
163rd

School life expectancy, secondary, female over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Zimbabwe
0123197019942019

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 3.1 years against 3.08 years in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.02 years.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 162nd and Zimbabwe ranks 163rd of 195 countries.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1970s 0.07 years 0.3975 years 0.3274 years Zimbabwe
1980s 0.1655 years 1.48 years 1.32 years Zimbabwe
1990s 0.4835 years 2.32 years 1.83 years Zimbabwe
2000s 0.63 years 2.45 years 1.82 years Zimbabwe
2010s 1.79 years 3.04 years 1.25 years Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, female, Burkina Faso or Zimbabwe?
Burkina Faso, at 3.1 years against 3.08 years in Zimbabwe as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, female between Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe?
0.02 years, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe?
21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2013.
How do Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
Burkina Faso ranks 162nd and Zimbabwe ranks 163rd of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, female (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, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.