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School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male (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
104
Highest
2.53 years
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0016 years
Moldova
Median
0.1385 years
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,364

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male (years) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 2.53 years in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0016 years in Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1385 years, and the mean is 0.2889 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,612.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 920.3%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 95.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 2.53 years 2019 up 354.6% volatile
2 Gibraltar 1.61 years 2019 down 21.6% falling
3 Tonga 1.5 years 2015 up 784.5% volatile
4 Jamaica 1.31 years 2019 down 36.1% rising
5 Seychelles 1.21 years 2019 up 1.5% rising
6 Dominica 1.17 years 2016 up 35.7% rising
7 Iran 0.9113 years 2012 up 20.9% rising
8 Barbados 0.865 years 2019 up 0.4% flat
9 Kazakhstan 0.8612 years 2019 up 4.5% rising
10 Puerto Rico 0.8168 years 2018 down 26.9% falling
11 Namibia 0.7615 years 2018 up 755.0% volatile
12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.734 years 2017 up 114.5% rising
13 Germany 0.7286 years 2018 down 4.4% flat
14 Greece 0.6653 years 2018 up 158.2% rising
15 Hungary 0.6103 years 2018 up 32.9% flat
16 New Zealand 0.5978 years 2018 down 44.8% rising
17 Philippines 0.5815 years 2017 up 70.6% rising
18 Vanuatu 0.5459 years 2015 up 193.1% volatile
19 Ireland 0.4807 years 2018 down 58.6% rising
20 Lithuania 0.48 years 2018 up 166.0% volatile
21 Antigua and Barbuda 0.478 years 2012 down 40.7% falling
23 Fiji 0.4509 years 2016 up 725.6% volatile
24 Cayman Islands 0.4348 years 2018 up 305.5% volatile
25 Belgium 0.4199 years 2018 down 19.7% rising
26 Liechtenstein 0.3745 years 2009 up 21.8% rising
27 Belize 0.3517 years 2008 up 58.6% rising
28 Iceland 0.3516 years 2018 up 445.2% volatile
29 Saint Lucia 0.3471 years 2019 down 28.5% volatile
30 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.3157 years 2016 down 52.8% falling
31 Finland 0.3004 years 2018 down 8.3% falling
32 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2978 years 2010 up 41.2% rising
33 Azerbaijan 0.2906 years 2019 up 64.1% rising
34 Kuwait 0.284 years 2013 up 9.4% falling
35 South Africa 0.2691 years 2018 up 96.7% rising
36 Poland 0.2687 years 2018 up 552.1% volatile
37 Mauritius 0.2548 years 2018 up 28.0% rising
38 Romania 0.2466 years 2018 up 243.4% volatile
39 Brazil 0.2344 years 2017 — flat
40 Ukraine 0.2303 years 2019 down 18.4% rising
41 United States 0.2157 years 2018 up 46.1% rising
42 Grenada 0.2098 years 2018 down 67.4% falling
43 Belarus 0.2044 years 2018 down 8.1% falling
45 Malaysia 0.187 years 2011 down 49.2% rising
46 Slovakia 0.1807 years 2018 up 920.3% volatile
47 Kenya 0.1748 years 2016 up 145.4% volatile
48 Afghanistan 0.1684 years 2018 up 110.8% rising
49 Bangladesh 0.1601 years 2019 up 108.3% volatile
50 Latvia 0.1592 years 2018 up 93.7% flat
51 Sweden 0.155 years 2018 down 7.5% rising
52 Estonia 0.1545 years 2018 down 43.2% rising
53 Czechia 0.1491 years 2018 down 15.8% rising
54 Israel 0.1402 years 2018 up 22.3% rising
55 Laos 0.1369 years 2019 up 18.9% falling
56 Georgia 0.1292 years 2019 down 54.2% volatile
57 Luxembourg 0.1228 years 2018 down 46.8% falling
58 Mongolia 0.1199 years 2018 down 33.1% falling
59 Egypt 0.1183 years 2014 up 24.6% flat
60 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1128 years 2009 down 78.6% falling
61 Cambodia 0.1128 years 2010 up 115.8% rising
62 Kyrgyzstan 0.1122 years 2019 up 43.8% falling
63 Syria 0.1045 years 2013 up 25.2% rising
64 Tanzania 0.1032 years 2019 up 30.1% volatile
65 Tunisia 0.0961 years 2016 up 94.1% volatile
66 Switzerland 0.0956 years 2018 down 35.1% falling
67 Rwanda 0.0947 years 2019 up 166.6% rising
68 Uganda 0.0701 years 2017 down 17.4% falling
69 Burkina Faso 0.0691 years 2013 down 10.7% falling
70 Comoros 0.0637 years 2004 up 634.9% volatile
71 Austria 0.0635 years 2018 down 89.3% volatile
72 Malta 0.0611 years 2018 down 61.8% volatile
73 China 0.0569 years 2019 down 28.6% rising
74 Norway 0.0569 years 2018 down 66.6% volatile
75 Portugal 0.0567 years 2018 up 11.1% volatile
76 Guyana 0.0542 years 2012 down 27.8% falling
77 Bhutan 0.0539 years 2020 up 392.0% volatile
78 Cameroon 0.0515 years 2016 up 88.3% rising
79 Lesotho 0.046 years 2014 up 254.4% rising
80 Eritrea 0.0421 years 2017 down 47.3% falling
81 Russia 0.0369 years 2018 down 43.4% falling
82 Spain 0.0365 years 2018 — volatile
83 North Macedonia 0.0359 years 2018 up 95.3% rising
84 Slovenia 0.0346 years 2012 up 64.6% rising
85 Denmark 0.0313 years 2012 up 33.5% volatile
86 Cyprus 0.0307 years 2017 — flat
87 France 0.0256 years 2018 up 2.5% rising
88 Serbia 0.0248 years 2019 down 15.4% falling
89 Ethiopia 0.0246 years 2004 up 209.6% volatile
91 Cuba 0.0225 years 2019 up 462.0% volatile
92 Mali 0.0212 years 2018 up 36.4% flat
93 Bulgaria 0.0158 years 2018 down 54.0% falling
94 Brunei 0.0105 years 2012 up 49.6% volatile
95 India 0.0097 years 2019 down 82.2% volatile
96 Madagascar 0.0097 years 2019 up 26.0% flat
97 Mauritania 0.0088 years 2005 up 52.1% rising
98 Cape Verde 0.0066 years 2018 down 83.0% volatile
99 Colombia 0.0059 years 2018 down 21.4% rising
100 Qatar 0.0045 years 2019 up 14.0% rising
101 Netherlands 0.0044 years 2014 down 91.0% volatile
102 Pakistan 0.0041 years 2019 up 13.4% rising
103 Saudi Arabia 0.0036 years 2019 — volatile
104 Italy 0.0035 years 2016 down 94.6% volatile
105 Palestine 0.0023 years 2019 down 53.9% volatile
106 Niger 0.0018 years 2017 up 60.4% volatile
107 Moldova 0.0016 years 2019 down 95.8% volatile

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male (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.