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West Bank and Gaza
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#16out of 35 countries
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Historical trend

13.412.611.811.010.2199620082019West Bank and Gaza · 2019: 13.41 yearsWest Bank and Gaza

Analytical takeaways

  • West Bank and Gaza records 13.41 years for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) in 2019, ranking #16 globally out of 35 countries.
  • School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) increased from 10.21 years in 1996 to 13.41 years in 2019, a gain of 3.19 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.

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