School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Moldova

Moldova: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 7.77 years in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
7.77 years
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
157th
of 188 countries
All-time high
8.64 years
in 2003
All-time low
7.77 years
in 2019
Years of data
22
1995–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Moldova, 1995–2019

024681995200720191995: 8.3 years1999: 8.4 years2000: 8.6 years2001: 8.5 years2002: 8.6 years2003: 8.6 years2004: 8.6 years2005: 8.5 years2006: 8.5 years2007: 8.2 years2008: 8.2 years2009: 8.1 years2010: 8.1 years2011: 8.1 years2012: 8.1 years2013: 8.1 years2014: 8 years2015: 8 years2016: 8 years2017: 7.9 years2018: 7.9 years2019: 7.8 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Moldova stood at 7.77 years. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Moldova peaked at 8.64 years in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7.77 years, in 2019.

Moldova ranks 157th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8.33 years 8.31 years 8.36 years 2
2000s 8.45 years 8.15 years 8.64 years 10
2010s 8.01 years 7.77 years 8.14 years 10

Countries ranked near Moldova

  1. 154 Hungary 7.89 years compare
  2. 155 Romania 7.85 years compare
  3. 156 Tuvalu 7.79 years compare
  4. 158 Bolivia 7.75 years compare
  5. 159 Honduras 7.72 years compare
  6. 160 Iraq 7.7 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Moldova?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Moldova was 7.77 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 8.64 years in 2003.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 7.77 years in 2019.
How does Moldova rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Moldova ranks 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Moldova 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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About this data

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
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.