School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 10 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
10 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
38th
of 188 countries
All-time high
10 years
in 2019
All-time low
8.72 years
in 1998
Years of data
9
1998–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Hong Kong, China, 1998–2019

02.557.5101998200820191998: 8.7 years2012: 9.3 years2013: 9.5 years2014: 9.7 years2015: 9.8 years2016: 9.7 years2017: 9.8 years2018: 9.9 years2019: 10 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Hong Kong, China stood at 10 years. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Hong Kong, China peaked at 10 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.72 years, in 1998.

Hong Kong, China ranks 38th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Hong Kong, China, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in Hong Kong, China, 1998 to 2019.
Year years Change
1998 8.72 years
2012 9.33 years +7.0%
2013 9.49 years +1.8%
2014 9.69 years +2.1%
2015 9.84 years +1.5%
2016 9.75 years -0.9%
2017 9.82 years +0.7%
2018 9.92 years +1.1%
2019 10 years +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8.72 years 8.72 years 8.72 years 1
2010s 9.73 years 9.33 years 10 years 8

Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China

  1. 35 Nepal 10.08 years compare
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  3. 37 Iceland 10.04 years compare
  4. 39 Maldives 9.98 years compare
  5. 40 Sao Tome and Principe 9.98 years compare
  6. 41 Viet Nam 9.93 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Hong Kong, China?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Hong Kong, China was 10 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The highest recorded value was 10 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The lowest recorded value was 8.72 years in 1998.
How does Hong Kong, China rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Hong Kong, China ranks 38th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong, China data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 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.