Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, male, Burundi or Mali?

Burundi, at 2.7 years against 2.66 years in Mali as of 2019.

What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, male between Burundi and Mali?

0.04 years, with Burundi ahead.

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

33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Mali: School life expectancy, secondary, male

Burundi

2.7 years

in 2019

Mali

2.66 years

in 2018

Burundi rank

176th

Mali rank

177th

School life expectancy, secondary, male over time

Burundi
Mali

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 2.7 years against 2.66 years in Mali, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Mali ahead.

Burundi ranks 176th and Mali ranks 177th of 195 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 1 and Mali in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.1976 years	0.5534 years	0.3558 years	Mali
1980s	0.3363 years	0.6163 years	0.2801 years	Mali
1990s	0.5509 years	0.6219 years	0.071 years	Mali
2000s	1.25 years	2.05 years	0.8008 years	Mali
2010s	2.86 years	2.82 years	0.0352 years	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, male, Burundi or Mali?: Burundi, at 2.7 years against 2.66 years in Mali as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, male between Burundi and Mali?: 0.04 years, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Mali?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Burundi and Mali rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, male?: Burundi ranks 176th and Mali ranks 177th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, 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, secondary, male (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.