Malawi vs Rwanda: School life expectancy, secondary, male

Malawi
2.5 years
in 2019
Rwanda
2.56 years
in 2019
Malawi rank
182nd
Rwanda rank
180th

School life expectancy, secondary, male over time

  • Malawi
  • Rwanda
0123197119952019

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 2.56 years against 2.5 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 182nd and Rwanda ranks 180th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Rwanda Difference Ahead
1970s 1.12 years 0.2111 years 0.9064 years Malawi
1980s 1.35 years 1.29 years 0.0653 years Malawi
1990s 1.77 years 1.14 years 0.6306 years Malawi
2000s 2.1 years 1.08 years 1.01 years Malawi
2010s 2.47 years 2.24 years 0.2306 years Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, male, Malawi or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 2.56 years against 2.5 years in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, male between Malawi and Rwanda?
0.06 years, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Rwanda?
36 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Rwanda rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
Malawi ranks 182nd and Rwanda ranks 180th 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

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.