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School life expectancy, secondary, male (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
8.92 years
Oman
Lowest
0.487 years
Somalia
Median
5.16 years
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,786

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 8.92 years in Oman; the lowest is 0.487 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.16 years, and the mean is 5.25 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 146 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 235.4%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 49.0%).

School life expectancy, secondary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Oman 8.92 years 2019 up 45.4% volatile
2 Germany 8.85 years 2018 down 4.3% falling
3 Lithuania 8.66 years 2018 up 2.3% rising
4 Belgium 8.66 years 2018 down 0.9% rising
5 Turkey 8.5 years 2018 up 50.9% rising
6 Sweden 8.47 years 2018 up 38.5% rising
8 Finland 8.42 years 2018 up 32.2% rising
9 Czechia 8.21 years 2018 up 12.2% rising
10 Hungary 8.21 years 2018 up 6.0% rising
11 United Kingdom 8.16 years 2018 up 19.6% rising
12 Italy 8.14 years 2018 up 0.2% rising
13 Slovakia 8.13 years 2018 up 0.7% rising
14 Iceland 8.09 years 2018 up 7.7% rising
15 Netherlands 7.99 years 2018 up 9.1% rising
16 Austria 7.98 years 2018 down 1.0% flat
17 Croatia 7.89 years 2018 up 1.2% rising
18 Australia 7.87 years 2018 — rising
19 Sri Lanka 7.87 years 2018 up 2.0% rising
20 Uzbekistan 7.79 years 2019 up 8.6% rising
21 Slovenia 7.78 years 2018 up 13.0% flat
22 New Zealand 7.77 years 2018 down 3.1% rising
23 Kazakhstan 7.68 years 2019 up 9.6% rising
24 Bulgaria 7.66 years 2018 up 5.9% rising
25 Azerbaijan 7.63 years 2019 — rising
26 Denmark 7.62 years 2018 up 6.7% rising
27 United States Virgin Islands 7.59 years 1997 up 18.8% rising
28 Serbia 7.52 years 2019 up 3.5% rising
29 Spain 7.41 years 2018 up 13.7% rising
31 Russia 7.36 years 2018 up 16.4% rising
32 United Arab Emirates 7.33 years 2017 — rising
33 France 7.31 years 2018 down 1.2% rising
35 Belarus 7.28 years 2018 down 4.5% rising
36 Switzerland 7.26 years 2018 up 5.8% flat
37 Portugal 7.21 years 2018 up 19.2% rising
38 Montenegro 7.15 years 2019 down 7.2% flat
39 Romania 7.12 years 2018 down 9.9% rising
41 Norway 7.1 years 2018 up 2.8% rising
42 Saudi Arabia 6.99 years 2019 up 14.2% rising
43 Uruguay 6.9 years 2018 up 37.9% rising
44 Thailand 6.87 years 2019 up 46.7% volatile
45 Palestine 6.87 years 2019 up 1.7% rising
46 Tonga 6.87 years 2015 up 14.6% rising
47 Algeria 6.84 years 2011 up 70.9% rising
48 Armenia 6.74 years 2019 down 5.1% flat
49 Canada 6.74 years 2018 up 8.5% rising
50 Mauritius 6.73 years 2019 up 10.5% rising
51 Estonia 6.73 years 2018 up 12.3% rising
52 Qatar 6.71 years 2010 up 26.7% rising
53 Ukraine 6.71 years 2014 down 4.0% flat
54 Poland 6.66 years 2018 up 14.7% rising
55 Kyrgyzstan 6.65 years 2019 up 12.2% falling
56 Kuwait 6.63 years 2015 down 8.2% rising
57 Costa Rica 6.59 years 2019 up 38.5% rising
58 Albania 6.56 years 2019 up 11.0% falling
59 North Macedonia 6.52 years 2018 down 2.1% rising
60 Latvia 6.52 years 2018 up 6.4% falling
61 Tajikistan 6.51 years 2013 up 6.7% rising
62 Brazil 6.49 years 2011 down 14.3% falling
63 Greece 6.44 years 2018 up 7.5% rising
64 Argentina 6.42 years 2017 up 21.3% rising
65 Palau 6.39 years 2014 up 1.2% falling
66 Hong Kong 6.38 years 2019 up 4.3% rising
67 Brunei 6.36 years 2019 down 7.2% rising
68 Georgia 6.3 years 2019 up 29.9% falling
69 Israel 6.29 years 2018 up 1.5% rising
70 Samoa 6.25 years 2016 up 14.3% rising
71 Mexico 6.16 years 2018 up 20.4% rising
72 Tunisia 6.08 years 2016 up 5.4% rising
73 Chile 6.06 years 2018 up 12.0% rising
74 Cyprus 6.05 years 2018 up 3.2% rising
75 Moldova 6.05 years 2019 down 0.7% rising
76 Ecuador 6.03 years 2018 up 52.9% rising
77 Fiji 6.01 years 2012 up 8.0% rising
78 United States 5.98 years 2018 up 4.8% flat
79 Cuba 5.97 years 2019 up 8.2% rising
80 South Korea 5.89 years 2018 up 3.1% rising
81 Grenada 5.86 years 2018 down 6.8% rising
82 Macao 5.84 years 2019 up 19.4% rising
83 Nauru 5.72 years 2019 up 49.3% rising
84 Colombia 5.67 years 2018 up 8.4% rising
85 Peru 5.63 years 2019 up 25.0% rising
86 Antigua and Barbuda 5.61 years 2018 down 5.6% rising
87 Bahrain 5.55 years 2019 up 3.8% rising
88 San Marino 5.52 years 2019 down 21.3% rising
89 Bolivia 5.52 years 2018 up 5.7% rising
90 Aruba 5.51 years 2012 up 10.3% flat
91 Libya 5.41 years 2006 — rising
92 Egypt 5.39 years 2019 up 33.2% rising
93 Nepal 5.38 years 2019 up 40.4% rising
94 China 5.3 years 2010 up 42.4% rising
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.29 years 2018 up 2.5% rising
96 Indonesia 5.28 years 2018 up 26.2% rising
97 Seychelles 5.25 years 2019 up 1.8% rising
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.25 years 2016 up 16.2% rising
99 Iran 5.23 years 2017 down 4.4% rising
100 Togo 5.16 years 2017 up 24.1% rising
101 Belize 5.14 years 2019 up 17.8% rising
102 Mongolia 5.12 years 2010 up 49.9% falling
103 India 5.12 years 2019 up 19.6% rising
104 Morocco 5.09 years 2019 up 29.1% rising
105 Bermuda 5.08 years 2015 down 1.8% rising
106 East Timor 5.08 years 2019 up 24.1% rising
107 Cape Verde 5.05 years 2018 up 5.3% rising
108 Barbados 5.02 years 2019 down 2.1% rising
109 Bhutan 5.01 years 2018 up 49.7% volatile
110 Kiribati 4.96 years 2008 up 82.2% volatile
111 Dominica 4.93 years 2019 up 11.9% rising
112 Sao Tome and Principe 4.92 years 2017 up 112.8% rising
113 Puerto Rico 4.91 years 2018 down 6.0% flat
114 Malaysia 4.85 years 2019 up 10.4% rising
115 Guyana 4.83 years 2012 down 5.3% rising
116 South Africa 4.83 years 2018 up 8.8% rising
117 Philippines 4.8 years 2018 up 49.6% rising
118 Micronesia (country) 4.8 years 2005 — falling
119 French Polynesia 4.78 years 1993 — rising
120 Laos 4.78 years 2019 up 56.4% volatile
121 Suriname 4.76 years 2015 up 15.7% rising
122 Gibraltar 4.76 years 2019 up 39.6% rising
123 Dominican Republic 4.71 years 2019 up 2.5% rising
124 Bangladesh 4.7 years 2019 up 40.3% rising
125 Benin 4.68 years 2016 up 66.2% volatile
126 Cameroon 4.65 years 2016 up 152.9% rising
127 Ghana 4.58 years 2019 up 23.4% rising
128 Cayman Islands 4.57 years 2018 down 0.3% falling
129 Saint Lucia 4.54 years 2019 down 2.9% rising
130 Panama 4.47 years 2017 up 13.4% rising
131 Paraguay 4.45 years 2012 up 8.0% rising
132 Cote d'Ivoire 4.33 years 2019 up 30.2% rising
133 El Salvador 4.33 years 2018 up 6.3% rising
134 Maldives 4.28 years 2019 up 34.6% rising
135 Eswatini 4.26 years 2016 up 28.9% rising
136 Venezuela 4.26 years 2017 up 12.7% rising
137 Afghanistan 4.21 years 2018 up 32.5% volatile
138 Jamaica 4.2 years 2019 down 9.9% rising
139 Syria 4.19 years 2013 down 18.6% rising
140 Trinidad and Tobago 4.13 years 2004 up 6.1% rising
141 Comoros 4.09 years 2018 up 17.3% rising
142 Bahamas 4.03 years 2018 down 27.4% falling
143 Congo 3.94 years 2012 up 27.8% rising
144 Myanmar 3.94 years 2018 up 41.7% rising
145 Jordan 3.85 years 2019 down 23.8% rising
146 Vanuatu 3.82 years 2015 up 20.7% volatile
147 Botswana 3.82 years 2008 up 0.6% volatile
148 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.8 years 2018 down 12.7% rising
149 Iraq 3.79 years 2007 up 33.3% flat
150 British Virgin Islands 3.79 years 2018 down 29.7% rising
151 Djibouti 3.78 years 2020 up 39.4% volatile
152 Marshall Islands 3.76 years 2019 down 17.2% flat
153 Eritrea 3.72 years 2018 up 2.1% rising
154 Angola 3.71 years 2016 up 128.7% volatile
155 Kenya 3.66 years 2009 up 53.7% rising
156 Solomon Islands 3.63 years 2012 up 43.2% volatile
157 Yemen 3.59 years 2016 down 3.6% falling
158 Gabon 3.56 years 1999 up 28.9% rising
159 Nicaragua 3.51 years 2010 up 39.9% rising
160 Papua New Guinea 3.43 years 2016 — volatile
161 Guinea 3.43 years 2014 up 35.1% rising
162 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.38 years 2015 up 18.1% rising
163 Pakistan 3.3 years 2019 up 30.2% rising
164 Andorra 3.29 years 1983 up 235.4% volatile
165 Zimbabwe 3.24 years 2013 up 25.9% volatile
166 Namibia 3.16 years 2007 up 20.5% rising
167 Honduras 3.14 years 2019 up 18.8% rising
168 Guatemala 3.13 years 2019 up 6.0% volatile
169 Gambia 3.07 years 2010 up 79.1% rising
170 Senegal 3.05 years 2019 up 28.6% rising
171 Burkina Faso 3.03 years 2019 up 82.9% volatile
172 Sierra Leone 3.02 years 2017 up 11.5% rising
173 Cambodia 3.01 years 2008 up 106.4% rising
174 Liberia 2.98 years 2015 up 19.9% rising
175 Mauritania 2.75 years 2019 up 76.3% rising
176 Burundi 2.7 years 2019 up 51.6% volatile
177 Mali 2.66 years 2018 up 9.0% volatile
178 Nigeria 2.66 years 2016 up 17.0% rising
179 Lesotho 2.64 years 2017 up 41.4% volatile
180 Rwanda 2.56 years 2019 up 57.9% volatile
181 Tuvalu 2.51 years 2019 down 49.0% falling
182 Malawi 2.5 years 2019 up 14.5% rising
183 Madagascar 2.46 years 2019 up 6.1% rising
184 Sudan 2.41 years 2017 up 27.6% rising
185 Ethiopia 2.16 years 2015 up 13.8% volatile
186 Equatorial Guinea 2.07 years 2005 down 6.3% rising
187 Mozambique 2 years 2017 up 74.2% volatile
188 Niger 1.94 years 2017 up 113.2% volatile
189 Chad 1.94 years 2019 down 14.9% rising
190 Tanzania 1.84 years 2019 down 11.6% volatile
191 Uganda 1.72 years 2007 up 135.1% volatile
192 Central African Republic 1.47 years 2017 up 15.4% rising
193 Guinea-Bissau 1.31 years 2000 up 198.4% volatile
194 Zambia 1.23 years 1988 up 22.6% rising
195 Somalia 0.487 years 2007 — rising

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, male (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.