School life expectancy, primary and lower … School both sexes lower in Lithuania

Lithuania: School life expectancy, primary and lower … School both sexes lower was 10.48 years in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
10.48 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
24th
of 188 countries
All-time high
10.5 years
in 2006
All-time low
8.64 years
in 1996
Years of data
23
1996–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lithuania, 1996–2018

02.557.5101996200720181996: 8.6 years1997: 8.7 years1998: 8.9 years1999: 9.6 years2000: 9.9 years2001: 10.2 years2002: 10.3 years2003: 10.4 years2004: 10.5 years2005: 10.5 years2006: 10.5 years2007: 10.4 years2008: 10.3 years2009: 10.3 years2010: 10.3 years2011: 10.3 years2012: 10.3 years2013: 10.3 years2014: 10.2 years2015: 10.3 years2016: 10.3 years2017: 10.4 years2018: 10.5 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Lithuania recorded 10.48 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in 2018.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lithuania peaked at 10.5 years in 2006 and was at its lowest, 8.64 years, in 1996.

Lithuania ranks 24th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … School both sexes lower in Lithuania, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years) in Lithuania, 1996 to 2018.
Year years Change
1996 8.64 years —
1997 8.74 years +1.1%
1998 8.93 years +2.2%
1999 9.64 years +8.0%
2000 9.94 years +3.1%
2001 10.16 years +2.3%
2002 10.32 years +1.5%
2003 10.44 years +1.2%
2004 10.48 years +0.4%
2005 10.48 years -0.0%
2006 10.5 years +0.2%
2007 10.42 years -0.8%
2008 10.3 years -1.2%
2009 10.25 years -0.4%
2010 10.27 years +0.1%
2011 10.3 years +0.3%
2012 10.27 years -0.2%
2013 10.3 years +0.3%
2014 10.25 years -0.5%
2015 10.28 years +0.3%
2016 10.35 years +0.7%
2017 10.43 years +0.8%
2018 10.48 years +0.4%

Lithuania compared with similar countries

  • Lithuania's 10.48 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.26 years, 1.1× the median. (69 countries reporting)
  • Lithuania's 10.48 years is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.08 years, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8.99 years 8.64 years 9.64 years 4
2000s 10.33 years 9.94 years 10.5 years 10
2010s 10.32 years 10.25 years 10.48 years 9

Countries ranked near Lithuania

  1. 21 Denmark 10.63 years compare
  2. 22 Belize 10.57 years compare
  3. 23 Argentina 10.54 years compare
  4. 25 Oman 10.46 years compare
  5. 26 Trinidad and Tobago 10.35 years compare
  6. 27 Dominica 10.34 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lithuania?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Lithuania was 10.48 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Lithuania?
The highest recorded value was 10.5 years in 2006.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Lithuania?
The lowest recorded value was 8.64 years in 1996.
How does Lithuania rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
Lithuania ranks 24th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Lithuania?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lithuania data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,584 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified levels 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.