School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 3.1 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
3.1 years
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
19th
of 189 countries
All-time high
3.52 years
in 2012
All-time low
1.52 years
in 1971
Years of data
29
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Hong Kong, 1971–2019

012341971199520191971: 1.5 years1972: 1.6 years1973: 1.8 years1974: 2 years1975: 2.1 years1976: 2.3 years1977: 2.4 years1978: 2.4 years1979: 2.5 years1980: 2.4 years1981: 2.5 years1982: 2.5 years1983: 2.6 years1984: 2.7 years1985: 2.9 years1986: 2.9 years1987: 2.9 years1988: 2.9 years1995: 2.6 years1996: 2.7 years1998: 2.5 years2012: 3.5 years2013: 3.5 years2014: 3.4 years2015: 3.4 years2016: 3.4 years2017: 3.3 years2018: 3.3 years2019: 3.1 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Hong Kong recorded 3.1 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Hong Kong peaked at 3.52 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1.52 years, in 1971.

Hong Kong ranks 19th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 2.07 years 1.52 years 2.46 years 9
1980s 2.7 years 2.42 years 2.94 years 9
1990s 2.59 years 2.52 years 2.66 years 3
2010s 3.36 years 3.1 years 3.52 years 8

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 16 Peru 3.19 years compare
  2. 17 France 3.18 years compare
  3. 18 Bulgaria 3.18 years compare
  4. 20 Austria 3.09 years compare
  5. 21 French Polynesia 3.05 years compare
  6. 22 Denmark 2.95 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Hong Kong?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Hong Kong was 3.1 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 3.52 years in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 1.52 years in 1971.
How does Hong Kong rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Hong Kong ranks 19th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,033 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.