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School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)

For 2019, School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) is led by Hong Kong SAR, China at 17.49 years. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

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0.04.48.713.117.5Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 17.49 years17.5Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 17.12 years17.1Costa RicaCosta Rica: 17.06 years17.1BahrainBahrain: 17.00 years17.0Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 16.01 years16.0KazakhstanKazakhstan: 15.97 years16.0GeorgiaGeorgia: 15.93 years15.9AlbaniaAlbania: 15.67 years15.7SeychellesSeychelles: 15.59 years15.6MontenegroMontenegro: 15.43 years15.4SerbiaSerbia: 15.21 years15.2OmanOman: 14.95 years15.0
Rank Country Value
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 17.49 years
2 Macao SAR, China 17.12 years
3 Costa Rica 17.06 years
4 Bahrain 17.00 years
5 Saudi Arabia 16.01 years
6 Kazakhstan 15.97 years
7 Georgia 15.93 years
8 Albania 15.67 years
9 Seychelles 15.59 years
10 Montenegro 15.43 years
11 Serbia 15.21 years
12 Oman 14.95 years
13 Brunei Darussalam 14.57 years
14 Qatar 14.38 years
15 West Bank and Gaza 14.30 years
16 Armenia 13.73 years
17 Azerbaijan 13.64 years
18 Morocco 13.62 years
19 Belize 13.42 years
20 St. Lucia 13.41 years
21 Nepal 13.38 years
22 Kyrgyz Republic 13.24 years
23 San Marino 12.96 years
24 Turkmenistan 12.68 years
25 Uzbekistan 12.38 years
26 Ghana 11.83 years
27 India 11.65 years
28 Moldova 11.61 years
29 Rwanda 11.22 years
30 Marshall Islands 10.37 years
31 Lao PDR 10.23 years
32 Mauritania 9.56 years
33 Senegal 9.28 years
34 Tanzania 9.20 years
35 Burkina Faso 9.16 years
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China sits at the top of the School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) distribution in 2019 at 17.49 years, with a lead of 0.36 years over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Morocco at 13.62 years, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Burkina Faso (9.16 years), and the page currently covers 35 countries.