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School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female (years) by country

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...

Countries reporting
103
Highest
2.51 years
Seychelles
Lowest
0.0011 years
Niger
Median
0.1105 years
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,364

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female (years) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 2.51 years in Seychelles; the lowest is 0.0011 years in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1105 years, and the mean is 0.3408 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,368.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 1,486.7%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 97.0%).

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Seychelles 2.51 years 2019 up 38.9% rising
2 Jamaica 2.25 years 2019 down 11.6% rising
3 Gibraltar 1.97 years 2019 down 3.0% falling
4 Bahrain 1.59 years 2019 up 329.5% volatile
5 Dominica 1.53 years 2016 down 30.6% rising
6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.47 years 2017 up 60.8% rising
7 Tonga 1.34 years 2015 up 603.3% volatile
8 Iran 1.13 years 2012 up 761.7% volatile
9 Germany 0.9776 years 2018 down 8.9% falling
10 Puerto Rico 0.9177 years 2018 down 20.2% falling
11 Kazakhstan 0.8396 years 2019 up 11.5% rising
12 Greece 0.8067 years 2018 up 171.1% rising
13 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7773 years 2012 down 37.9% volatile
14 Barbados 0.7748 years 2019 down 11.6% rising
15 Hungary 0.7703 years 2018 up 81.9% rising
16 Poland 0.6954 years 2018 up 797.1% volatile
17 New Zealand 0.6897 years 2018 down 25.0% rising
18 Saint Lucia 0.6833 years 2019 down 27.6% volatile
19 Cayman Islands 0.6581 years 2018 up 390.7% volatile
20 Fiji 0.6133 years 2016 up 800.7% volatile
21 Lithuania 0.5983 years 2018 up 201.2% volatile
22 Philippines 0.5933 years 2017 up 54.5% rising
23 Romania 0.5613 years 2018 up 167.7% rising
24 Namibia 0.5418 years 2018 up 1,367.5% volatile
25 Belize 0.5231 years 2008 up 459.5% rising
26 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4845 years 2010 up 39.8% rising
27 South Africa 0.4604 years 2018 up 214.4% volatile
28 Belgium 0.4562 years 2018 down 19.2% rising
29 Finland 0.4281 years 2018 up 15.4% rising
30 Estonia 0.4249 years 2018 down 29.4% rising
31 Hong Kong 0.3405 years 2019 up 47.5% rising
32 United States 0.3282 years 2018 up 26.3% rising
33 Mauritius 0.3256 years 2018 up 30.4% rising
34 Brazil 0.3058 years 2017 — flat
36 Vanuatu 0.2949 years 2015 up 38.8% rising
37 Latvia 0.2797 years 2018 up 196.8% falling
38 Georgia 0.2794 years 2019 down 52.1% volatile
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2672 years 2016 down 59.6% volatile
40 Azerbaijan 0.2588 years 2019 up 7.2% rising
41 Austria 0.2561 years 2018 down 71.2% falling
43 Czechia 0.2185 years 2018 up 74.2% volatile
44 Sweden 0.2156 years 2018 up 15.0% rising
45 Slovakia 0.2144 years 2018 up 1,355.8% volatile
46 Kuwait 0.2021 years 2013 down 70.1% falling
47 Iceland 0.196 years 2018 up 445.4% volatile
48 Panama 0.1611 years 2007 up 188.4% volatile
49 Ukraine 0.1487 years 2019 down 39.0% falling
50 Switzerland 0.148 years 2018 down 16.1% falling
51 Norway 0.1451 years 2018 up 83.2% volatile
52 Kenya 0.143 years 2016 up 91.6% volatile
53 Belarus 0.1252 years 2018 down 29.1% falling
54 Grenada 0.1105 years 2018 down 91.1% volatile
55 Israel 0.1025 years 2018 up 6.2% falling
56 Tanzania 0.1023 years 2019 up 56.9% volatile
57 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0963 years 2009 down 92.0% falling
58 Afghanistan 0.0946 years 2018 up 89.5% rising
59 Egypt 0.0922 years 2014 down 23.7% falling
60 Malaysia 0.0884 years 2011 down 72.0% falling
61 Cameroon 0.0839 years 2016 up 309.2% volatile
62 Laos 0.0826 years 2019 down 5.0% falling
63 Kyrgyzstan 0.0816 years 2019 up 57.5% volatile
64 Mongolia 0.0771 years 2018 down 59.0% falling
65 Tunisia 0.074 years 2016 up 299.1% volatile
66 Guyana 0.0728 years 2012 down 69.9% volatile
67 Cambodia 0.071 years 2010 up 268.1% volatile
68 Syria 0.0703 years 2013 down 41.9% falling
69 Cuba 0.0668 years 2019 up 502.0% volatile
70 Slovenia 0.0614 years 2012 up 20.1% rising
71 China 0.0612 years 2019 up 9.8% rising
72 Uganda 0.0568 years 2017 up 50.0% rising
73 Spain 0.0549 years 2018 — volatile
74 Comoros 0.0549 years 2004 up 896.0% volatile
75 Eritrea 0.0503 years 2017 down 17.7% rising
76 France 0.0493 years 2018 down 14.1% rising
77 Lesotho 0.0408 years 2014 up 213.8% volatile
79 Bangladesh 0.0367 years 2019 up 125.3% volatile
80 Burkina Faso 0.036 years 2013 up 17.1% rising
81 Rwanda 0.035 years 2019 up 90.7% rising
82 India 0.0333 years 2019 up 40.9% rising
84 Portugal 0.0275 years 2018 up 14.2% volatile
85 Bhutan 0.0234 years 2020 up 221.6% volatile
86 Colombia 0.0223 years 2018 down 12.9% rising
87 Russia 0.0209 years 2018 down 68.2% falling
88 Qatar 0.0199 years 2019 up 2.6% falling
89 Ethiopia 0.0158 years 2004 up 307.5% volatile
90 Djibouti 0.0155 years 2019 up 1,486.7% volatile
91 Saudi Arabia 0.0135 years 2019 — flat
92 Mauritania 0.0126 years 2005 up 128.5% rising
93 Brunei 0.0124 years 2012 up 16.9% volatile
94 Bulgaria 0.0094 years 2018 down 78.1% volatile
95 Cyprus 0.0093 years 2017 — rising
96 Denmark 0.0084 years 2012 up 45.5% volatile
97 Mali 0.0066 years 2018 up 6.4% rising
98 Serbia 0.0059 years 2019 down 23.0% falling
99 North Macedonia 0.0056 years 2018 up 94.8% volatile
100 Madagascar 0.0055 years 2019 up 48.1% flat
101 Cape Verde 0.0046 years 2018 down 95.0% volatile
102 Palestine 0.0037 years 2019 down 31.5% volatile
103 Pakistan 0.0032 years 2019 down 3.6% flat
104 Italy 0.0024 years 2016 down 97.0% volatile
105 Moldova 0.0019 years 2019 down 87.3% volatile
106 Netherlands 0.0012 years 2014 down 92.1% volatile
107 Niger 0.0011 years 2017 up 65.6% volatile

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,364 data points, 1998–2020
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.