School life expectancy, secondary, male in Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 6.38 years in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
6.38 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
66th
of 195 countries
All-time high
6.38 years
in 2019
All-time low
2.94 years
in 1971
Years of data
38
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, male in Hong Kong, China, 1971–2019

02461971199520191971: 2.9 years1972: 3 years1973: 3.1 years1974: 3.2 years1975: 3.4 years1976: 3.5 years1977: 3.7 years1978: 3.9 years1979: 4.1 years1980: 4.3 years1981: 4.5 years1982: 4.5 years1983: 4.7 years1984: 4.8 years1985: 5 years1986: 4.9 years1987: 5 years1988: 5.1 years1996: 5.6 years2001: 5.6 years2002: 5.6 years2003: 5.6 years2004: 5.7 years2005: 5.7 years2006: 5.8 years2007: 5.9 years2008: 6 years2009: 6.1 years2010: 6.2 years2011: 6.1 years2012: 6.4 years2013: 6.1 years2014: 6.1 years2015: 6.2 years2016: 6.1 years2017: 6.3 years2018: 6.4 years2019: 6.4 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Hong Kong, China recorded 6.38 years for school life expectancy, secondary, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Hong Kong, China peaked at 6.38 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.94 years, in 1971.

That places Hong Kong, China 66th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 3.43 years 2.94 years 4.11 years 9
1980s 4.77 years 4.34 years 5.11 years 9
1990s 5.56 years 5.56 years 5.56 years 1
2000s 5.79 years 5.59 years 6.12 years 9
2010s 6.23 years 6.1 years 6.38 years 10

Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China

  1. 63 Greece 6.44 years compare
  2. 64 Argentina 6.42 years compare
  3. 65 Palau 6.39 years compare
  4. 67 Brunei Darussalam 6.36 years compare
  5. 68 Georgia 6.3 years compare
  6. 69 Israel 6.29 years compare

See the full ranking of 195 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in Hong Kong, China?
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Hong Kong, China was 6.38 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The highest recorded value was 6.38 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The lowest recorded value was 2.94 years in 1971.
How does Hong Kong, China rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
Hong Kong, China ranks 66th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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, secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.