School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Suriname

Suriname: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 10.25 years in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
10.25 years
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
30th
of 188 countries
All-time high
10.91 years
in 2016
All-time low
9.36 years
in 1999
Years of data
18
1999–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Suriname, 1999–2019

02.557.5101999200920191999: 9.4 years2001: 9.6 years2002: 9.5 years2005: 9.7 years2006: 9.7 years2007: 9.5 years2008: 10.1 years2009: 10.2 years2010: 10.4 years2011: 10.3 years2012: 10.5 years2013: 10.6 years2014: 10.8 years2015: 10.9 years2016: 10.9 years2017: 10.4 years2018: 10.4 years2019: 10.3 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Suriname recorded 10.25 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in 2019.

That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Suriname peaked at 10.91 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.36 years, in 1999.

That places Suriname 30th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 9.36 years 9.36 years 9.36 years 1
2000s 9.74 years 9.49 years 10.16 years 7
2010s 10.53 years 10.25 years 10.91 years 10

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 27 Dominica 10.34 years compare
  2. 28 Botswana 10.3 years compare
  3. 29 Netherlands, The 10.26 years compare
  4. 31 Tunisia 10.19 years compare
  5. 32 New Zealand 10.18 years compare
  6. 33 Mexico 10.18 years compare

See the full ranking of 233 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Suriname?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Suriname was 10.25 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 10.91 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 9.36 years in 1999.
How does Suriname rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
Suriname ranks 30th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Suriname 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
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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.