New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: School life expectancy, secondary, male

New Zealand
7.77 years
in 2018
Sri Lanka
7.87 years
in 2018
New Zealand rank
22nd
Sri Lanka rank
19th

School life expectancy, secondary, male over time

  • New Zealand
  • Sri Lanka
02468197019942018

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 7.87 years against 7.77 years in New Zealand, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 1976 it was New Zealand ahead.

New Zealand ranks 22nd and Sri Lanka ranks 19th of 195 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 5.76 years 3.25 years 2.51 years New Zealand
1980s 5.86 years 4.39 years 1.47 years New Zealand
1990s 6.97 years 5.71 years 1.26 years New Zealand
2010s 7.92 years 7.75 years 0.1709 years New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, male, New Zealand or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 7.87 years against 7.77 years in New Zealand as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, male between New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
0.1 years, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
23 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do New Zealand and Sri Lanka rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
New Zealand ranks 22nd and Sri Lanka ranks 19th 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.