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School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years)

For 2019, School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) is led by Hong Kong SAR, China at 17.22 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.

Countries ranked 35
Snapshot year 2019
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0.04.38.612.917.2Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 17.22 years17.2Costa RicaCosta Rica: 16.55 years16.5Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 16.44 years16.4BahrainBahrain: 16.30 years16.3Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 16.03 years16.0GeorgiaGeorgia: 15.62 years15.6KazakhstanKazakhstan: 15.61 years15.6MontenegroMontenegro: 14.95 years14.9AlbaniaAlbania: 14.82 years14.8SerbiaSerbia: 14.66 years14.7OmanOman: 14.31 years14.3SeychellesSeychelles: 14.19 years14.2
Rank Country Value
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 17.22 years
2 Costa Rica 16.55 years
3 Macao SAR, China 16.44 years
4 Bahrain 16.30 years
5 Saudi Arabia 16.03 years
6 Georgia 15.62 years
7 Kazakhstan 15.61 years
8 Montenegro 14.95 years
9 Albania 14.82 years
10 Serbia 14.66 years
11 Oman 14.31 years
12 Seychelles 14.19 years
13 Brunei Darussalam 14.06 years
14 Morocco 13.96 years
15 Azerbaijan 13.47 years
16 West Bank and Gaza 13.41 years
17 Nepal 13.15 years
18 Belize 13.14 years
19 Armenia 13.11 years
20 San Marino 13.10 years
21 Kyrgyz Republic 13.04 years
22 St. Lucia 12.94 years
23 Turkmenistan 12.93 years
24 Uzbekistan 12.48 years
25 Qatar 12.31 years
26 Ghana 11.87 years
27 India 11.46 years
28 Moldova 11.43 years
29 Rwanda 11.23 years
30 Lao PDR 10.48 years
31 Marshall Islands 10.24 years
32 Mauritania 9.35 years
33 Burkina Faso 9.26 years
34 Tanzania 9.12 years
35 Senegal 8.84 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, both sexes (years) distribution in 2019 at 17.22 years, with a lead of 0.68 years over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Belize at 13.14 years, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Senegal (8.84 years), and the page currently covers 35 countries.