Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, female, Liberia or Mali?

Liberia, at 2.25 years against 2.16 years in Mali as of 2015.

What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, female between Liberia and Mali?

0.09 years, with Liberia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Mali?

11 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.

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.

Liberia vs Mali: School life expectancy, secondary, female

Liberia

2.25 years

in 2015

Mali

2.16 years

in 2018

Liberia rank

180th

Mali rank

182nd

School life expectancy, secondary, female over time

Liberia
Mali

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 2.25 years against 2.16 years in Mali, a difference of 0.09 years.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Liberia has been ahead every year.

Liberia ranks 180th and Mali ranks 182nd of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.5056 years	0.2107 years	0.2949 years	Liberia
1980s	0.7772 years	0.3033 years	0.4738 years	Liberia
1990s	1.52 years	0.628 years	0.8916 years	Liberia
2000s	1.82 years	0.7472 years	1.07 years	Liberia
2010s	2.34 years	2.13 years	0.2143 years	Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, female, Liberia or Mali?: Liberia, at 2.25 years against 2.16 years in Mali as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, female between Liberia and Mali?: 0.09 years, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Mali?: 11 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Liberia and Mali rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, female?: Liberia ranks 180th and Mali ranks 182nd 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: 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.