Philippines
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#77out of 103 countries
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Historical trend

13.112.211.310.39.4197119942017Philippines · 2017: 13.15 yearsPhilippines

Analytical takeaways

  • Philippines records 13.15 years for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) in 2017, ranking #77 globally out of 103 countries.
  • School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) increased from 9.58 years in 1971 to 13.15 years in 2017, a gain of 3.57 years.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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