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Hong Kong SAR, China
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years)

Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.

Global rank#1out of 35 countries
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Historical trend

17.215.513.711.910.2197119952019Hong Kong SAR, China · 2019: 17.22 yearsHong Kong SAR, China

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China records 17.22 years for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) in 2019, ranking #1 globally out of 35 countries.
  • School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) increased from 10.17 years in 1971 to 17.22 years in 2019, a gain of 7.06 years.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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