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Countries with the highest
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)

In 2015, Australia leads School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) with 23.48 years. Belgium follows at 20.76 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 2.72 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.05.911.717.623.5AustraliaAustralia: 23.48 years23.5BelgiumBelgium: 20.76 years20.8IcelandIceland: 20.50 years20.5FinlandFinland: 20.14 years20.1DenmarkDenmark: 20.08 years20.1SwedenSweden: 19.85 years19.8New ZealandNew Zealand: 19.68 years19.7GrenadaGrenada: 19.02 years19.0St. Kitts and NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis: 18.85 years18.9IrelandIreland: 18.83 years18.8ArgentinaArgentina: 18.61 years18.6NorwayNorway: 18.46 years18.5

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Brunei Darussalam 15.11 years
52 Romania 15.06 years
53 Serbia 15.01 years
54 Seychelles 14.96 years
55 Cyprus 14.96 years
56 Macao SAR, China 14.94 years
57 Georgia 14.82 years
58 Dominican Republic 14.73 years
59 Colombia 14.59 years
60 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14.59 years
61 Mexico 14.35 years
62 Malaysia 14.22 years
63 Luxembourg 14.19 years
64 Qatar 14.10 years
65 West Bank and Gaza 14.07 years
66 Cuba 14.06 years
67 St. Lucia 13.81 years
68 North Macedonia 13.51 years
69 Bermuda 13.46 years
70 Cabo Verde 13.46 years
71 Armenia 13.37 years
72 Liechtenstein 13.36 years
73 Jamaica 13.35 years
74 Indonesia 13.31 years
75 Kyrgyz Republic 13.31 years
76 Panama 13.29 years
77 Belize 12.97 years
78 Nepal 12.94 years
79 Sao Tome and Principe 12.53 years
80 India 12.33 years
81 Lesotho 12.20 years
82 El Salvador 12.13 years
83 Moldova 11.92 years
84 Uzbekistan 11.59 years
85 Benin 11.41 years
86 Burundi 11.38 years
87 Cameroon 11.33 years
88 Ghana 11.29 years
89 Rwanda 11.18 years
90 Lao PDR 10.83 years
91 Guatemala 10.60 years
92 Madagascar 10.49 years
93 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 10.41 years
94 Honduras 10.33 years
95 Mozambique 9.32 years
96 Mauritania 8.99 years
97 Tanzania 8.52 years
98 Burkina Faso 7.98 years
99 Cote d'Ivoire 7.92 years
100 Sudan 7.35 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Australia leads the global ranking for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) in 2015, with a lead of 2.72 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Norway at 18.46 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.