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School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) by country

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...

Countries reporting
191
Highest
9.55 years
Belgium
Lowest
0.2244 years
Somalia
Median
5.44 years
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,786

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, secondary, female (years) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 9.55 years in Belgium; the lowest is 0.2244 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.44 years, and the mean is 5.26 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.

Over the past decade 149 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 284.1%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 42.8%).

School life expectancy, secondary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 9.55 years 2018 down 3.5% rising
2 Finland 9.21 years 2018 up 37.8% rising
3 Sweden 8.79 years 2018 up 44.9% rising
4 Lithuania 8.43 years 2018 down 0.7% rising
5 Germany 8.41 years 2018 down 6.7% falling
6 Turkey 8.28 years 2018 up 66.6% volatile
7 United Kingdom 8.28 years 2018 up 19.4% rising
8 Sri Lanka 8.26 years 2018 up 5.9% rising
9 Croatia 8.25 years 2018 up 2.0% rising
10 Slovakia 8.22 years 2018 up 0.7% rising
11 Czechia 8.21 years 2018 up 10.6% rising
12 New Zealand 8.2 years 2018 down 2.3% rising
13 Hungary 8.19 years 2018 up 6.9% rising
15 Oman 8.09 years 2019 up 38.5% volatile
16 Iceland 8.06 years 2018 up 4.1% rising
17 Netherlands 8.05 years 2018 up 12.3% rising
18 Italy 8.03 years 2018 down 0.2% rising
19 Slovenia 7.94 years 2018 up 15.4% flat
20 Uzbekistan 7.75 years 2019 up 7.5% rising
21 Austria 7.73 years 2018 up 0.1% rising
22 Kazakhstan 7.72 years 2019 up 9.4% rising
23 Denmark 7.67 years 2018 up 4.9% rising
24 Uruguay 7.66 years 2018 up 35.0% rising
25 Serbia 7.61 years 2019 up 2.2% rising
26 Azerbaijan 7.61 years 2019 — rising
27 Palestine 7.57 years 2019 up 4.6% rising
28 Spain 7.45 years 2018 up 9.0% rising
29 Australia 7.41 years 2018 — flat
30 Bulgaria 7.4 years 2018 up 5.4% rising
32 France 7.34 years 2018 down 1.1% rising
33 Montenegro 7.28 years 2019 down 8.0% falling
35 Belarus 7.16 years 2018 down 4.2% rising
36 Russia 7.14 years 2018 up 15.1% rising
37 Palau 7.14 years 2014 up 12.3% flat
38 Romania 7.13 years 2018 down 9.5% rising
39 Armenia 7.12 years 2019 up 2.1% flat
40 Algeria 7.11 years 2011 up 66.9% volatile
41 Portugal 7.09 years 2018 up 10.8% rising
42 Brazil 7.09 years 2011 down 13.1% falling
43 Kuwait 7.07 years 2015 down 11.7% rising
44 Tonga 7.05 years 2015 up 17.5% rising
46 Costa Rica 7.02 years 2019 up 41.3% rising
47 United States Virgin Islands 6.98 years 1997 up 11.5% rising
48 Tunisia 6.95 years 2016 up 8.7% volatile
49 Switzerland 6.94 years 2018 up 6.1% rising
50 Samoa 6.92 years 2016 up 10.0% rising
51 United Arab Emirates 6.88 years 2017 — rising
52 Mauritius 6.87 years 2019 up 8.1% rising
53 Estonia 6.83 years 2018 up 9.9% rising
54 Norway 6.81 years 2018 up 1.1% rising
55 Canada 6.8 years 2018 up 12.2% rising
56 Argentina 6.68 years 2017 up 13.8% rising
57 Mexico 6.67 years 2018 up 22.0% rising
58 Thailand 6.67 years 2019 up 32.2% volatile
59 Albania 6.65 years 2019 up 9.0% flat
60 Kyrgyzstan 6.64 years 2019 up 6.5% falling
61 Fiji 6.62 years 2012 up 10.3% rising
62 Ukraine 6.6 years 2014 down 4.7% falling
63 Brunei 6.58 years 2019 down 4.0% rising
64 Poland 6.5 years 2018 up 12.3% rising
65 Latvia 6.45 years 2018 up 2.6% falling
66 Israel 6.41 years 2018 up 1.6% rising
67 North Macedonia 6.38 years 2018 up 0.8% rising
68 Saudi Arabia 6.38 years 2019 up 17.9% rising
69 Libya 6.36 years 2006 — volatile
70 Georgia 6.35 years 2019 up 27.0% flat
71 Suriname 6.31 years 2015 up 14.6% rising
72 Hong Kong 6.29 years 2019 up 2.2% rising
73 Ecuador 6.2 years 2018 up 54.9% rising
74 Greece 6.11 years 2018 up 8.6% rising
75 Qatar 6.1 years 2010 up 7.4% rising
76 French Polynesia 6.08 years 1993 — rising
77 Bahrain 6.08 years 2019 up 7.7% rising
78 Grenada 6.07 years 2018 up 4.8% rising
79 Chile 6.07 years 2018 up 9.3% rising
80 Cuba 6.02 years 2019 up 8.1% rising
81 Colombia 5.97 years 2018 up 3.8% rising
82 Moldova 5.97 years 2019 down 4.2% flat
83 United States 5.93 years 2018 up 4.0% rising
84 Nauru 5.92 years 2019 up 45.4% rising
85 Cyprus 5.91 years 2018 down 0.4% rising
86 Macao 5.91 years 2019 up 22.7% rising
87 Tajikistan 5.87 years 2013 up 15.9% rising
88 South Korea 5.85 years 2018 up 2.5% rising
89 Bhutan 5.72 years 2018 up 75.9% volatile
90 Sao Tome and Principe 5.71 years 2017 up 131.3% rising
91 Bermuda 5.7 years 2015 down 2.6% rising
92 Nepal 5.68 years 2019 up 66.4% volatile
93 Seychelles 5.61 years 2019 down 0.7% rising
94 Aruba 5.61 years 2012 up 6.8% flat
95 Cape Verde 5.6 years 2018 up 4.0% rising
96 East Timor 5.53 years 2019 up 42.7% rising
97 Mongolia 5.5 years 2010 up 29.5% falling
98 Bangladesh 5.49 years 2019 up 52.2% volatile
99 Kiribati 5.49 years 2008 up 87.4% volatile
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.44 years 2016 up 9.0% rising
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.44 years 2018 down 6.2% rising
102 Antigua and Barbuda 5.42 years 2018 down 7.7% rising
103 Indonesia 5.41 years 2018 up 30.2% volatile
104 Bolivia 5.39 years 2018 up 5.3% rising
105 Puerto Rico 5.36 years 2018 down 0.2% flat
106 Egypt 5.33 years 2019 up 33.0% rising
107 Philippines 5.33 years 2018 up 53.2% rising
108 San Marino 5.31 years 2019 down 28.0% rising
109 China 5.28 years 2010 up 52.8% rising
110 Peru 5.27 years 2019 up 14.1% rising
111 Barbados 5.24 years 2019 up 1.0% rising
112 Belize 5.24 years 2019 up 12.8% rising
113 Malaysia 5.21 years 2019 up 9.9% rising
114 India 5.21 years 2019 up 30.1% volatile
115 Micronesia (country) 5.2 years 2005 — falling
116 South Africa 5.16 years 2018 up 10.8% rising
117 Dominican Republic 5.1 years 2019 down 1.4% rising
118 Dominica 5.09 years 2019 up 3.5% rising
119 Iran 5.04 years 2017 down 7.8% rising
120 Guyana 4.97 years 2012 down 2.1% rising
121 Paraguay 4.79 years 2012 up 13.9% rising
122 Panama 4.72 years 2017 up 11.8% rising
123 Morocco 4.71 years 2019 up 39.5% volatile
124 Cayman Islands 4.63 years 2018 down 8.5% falling
125 Venezuela 4.6 years 2017 up 8.9% rising
126 Ghana 4.56 years 2019 up 40.0% rising
127 Gibraltar 4.53 years 2019 up 36.1% flat
128 Laos 4.46 years 2019 up 82.2% volatile
129 Saint Lucia 4.45 years 2019 down 7.6% rising
130 Trinidad and Tobago 4.43 years 2004 up 9.8% rising
131 Comoros 4.37 years 2018 up 64.4% volatile
132 Eswatini 4.34 years 2016 up 48.2% rising
133 Bahamas 4.29 years 2018 down 23.1% falling
134 Jamaica 4.29 years 2019 down 10.6% flat
135 Myanmar 4.28 years 2018 up 54.5% rising
136 El Salvador 4.27 years 2018 up 5.9% rising
137 Botswana 4.18 years 2008 up 3.5% volatile
138 Syria 4.17 years 2013 down 13.8% rising
139 British Virgin Islands 4.06 years 2018 down 32.8% rising
140 Marshall Islands 4.03 years 2019 down 15.3% flat
141 Jordan 3.95 years 2019 down 24.2% rising
142 Cameroon 3.95 years 2016 up 171.1% volatile
143 Nicaragua 3.93 years 2010 up 32.4% rising
144 Maldives 3.9 years 2019 up 6.4% rising
145 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.9 years 2018 down 18.7% rising
146 Djibouti 3.89 years 2020 up 78.6% volatile
147 Vanuatu 3.87 years 2015 up 41.6% volatile
148 Togo 3.69 years 2017 up 67.9% volatile
149 Andorra 3.65 years 1983 up 284.1% volatile
150 Lesotho 3.56 years 2017 up 44.8% volatile
151 Namibia 3.54 years 2007 up 20.3% rising
152 Honduras 3.53 years 2019 up 4.6% rising
153 Benin 3.51 years 2016 up 169.8% volatile
154 Senegal 3.44 years 2019 up 83.9% volatile
155 Cote d'Ivoire 3.42 years 2019 up 50.0% volatile
156 Congo 3.42 years 2012 up 50.2% rising
157 Solomon Islands 3.41 years 2012 up 69.4% volatile
158 Tuvalu 3.35 years 2019 down 42.8% rising
159 Eritrea 3.32 years 2018 up 25.8% rising
160 Kenya 3.26 years 2009 up 45.4% rising
161 Gabon 3.13 years 1999 up 28.5% rising
162 Burkina Faso 3.1 years 2019 up 151.9% volatile
163 Zimbabwe 3.08 years 2013 up 37.6% volatile
164 Burundi 3.06 years 2019 up 143.7% volatile
165 Guatemala 3.01 years 2019 up 7.2% volatile
166 Gambia 2.94 years 2010 up 172.3% volatile
167 Sierra Leone 2.9 years 2017 up 42.6% volatile
168 Mauritania 2.89 years 2019 up 121.5% volatile
169 Pakistan 2.87 years 2019 up 42.3% volatile
170 Rwanda 2.87 years 2019 up 89.0% volatile
171 Iraq 2.81 years 2007 up 55.1% rising
172 Yemen 2.59 years 2016 up 42.8% rising
173 Cambodia 2.53 years 2008 up 231.5% volatile
174 Madagascar 2.52 years 2019 up 17.6% rising
175 Papua New Guinea 2.45 years 2016 — volatile
176 Sudan 2.42 years 2017 up 40.1% rising
177 Nigeria 2.4 years 2016 up 29.5% volatile
178 Afghanistan 2.39 years 2018 up 77.0% volatile
179 Angola 2.38 years 2016 up 94.8% volatile
180 Liberia 2.25 years 2015 up 23.7% volatile
181 Guinea 2.21 years 2014 up 103.6% volatile
182 Mali 2.16 years 2018 up 38.0% volatile
183 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.16 years 2015 up 41.4% volatile
184 Ethiopia 2.06 years 2015 up 83.2% volatile
185 Malawi 2.02 years 2019 up 10.7% volatile
186 Tanzania 1.95 years 2019 up 14.1% volatile
187 Mozambique 1.78 years 2017 up 116.8% volatile
188 Equatorial Guinea 1.56 years 2005 up 32.6% rising
189 Niger 1.43 years 2017 up 155.8% volatile
190 Uganda 1.34 years 2007 up 187.6% volatile
191 Chad 1.02 years 2019 up 8.5% volatile
192 Central African Republic 0.9728 years 2017 up 36.8% volatile
193 Zambia 0.7328 years 1988 up 36.8% rising
194 Guinea-Bissau 0.6982 years 2000 up 243.8% volatile
195 Somalia 0.2244 years 2007 — volatile

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.