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South Africa
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#66out of 92 countries
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Historical trend

14.013.312.612.011.3198920042018South Africa · 2018: 13.54 yearsSouth Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 13.54 years for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) in 2018, ranking #66 globally out of 92 countries.
  • School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) increased from 11.27 years in 1989 to 13.54 years in 2018, a gain of 2.27 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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