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

In 2016, Australia leads School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) with 23.15 years. Belgium follows at 20.62 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 2.52 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

0.05.811.617.423.1AustraliaAustralia: 23.15 years23.1BelgiumBelgium: 20.62 years20.6IcelandIceland: 20.37 years20.4FinlandFinland: 20.12 years20.1SwedenSweden: 19.97 years20.0DenmarkDenmark: 19.78 years19.8GrenadaGrenada: 19.36 years19.4New ZealandNew Zealand: 19.00 years19.0ArgentinaArgentina: 18.89 years18.9IrelandIreland: 18.87 years18.9NorwayNorway: 18.68 years18.7GreeceGreece: 18.55 years18.5

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Montenegro 15.28 years
52 Serbia 15.09 years
53 Brunei Darussalam 15.08 years
54 Slovak Republic 15.03 years
55 St. Lucia 15.02 years
56 Cyprus 14.99 years
57 Georgia 14.95 years
58 Seychelles 14.90 years
59 Peru 14.88 years
60 Bulgaria 14.87 years
61 Mexico 14.84 years
62 Dominican Republic 14.81 years
63 Romania 14.73 years
64 Colombia 14.72 years
65 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14.67 years
66 South Africa 14.40 years
67 Luxembourg 14.33 years
68 Malaysia 14.29 years
69 Cuba 14.12 years
70 Sri Lanka 14.11 years
71 Qatar 14.06 years
72 West Bank and Gaza 14.06 years
73 United Arab Emirates 13.86 years
74 Belize 13.62 years
75 Panama 13.47 years
76 Indonesia 13.42 years
77 Liechtenstein 13.41 years
78 Cabo Verde 13.37 years
79 Kyrgyz Republic 13.27 years
80 Egypt, Arab Rep. 13.10 years
81 India 12.88 years
82 Nepal 12.87 years
83 El Salvador 11.87 years
84 Moldova 11.84 years
85 Uzbekistan 11.72 years
86 Rwanda 11.50 years
87 Burundi 11.46 years
88 Benin 11.44 years
89 Ghana 11.36 years
90 Cameroon 11.34 years
91 Lao PDR 10.80 years
92 Honduras 10.36 years
93 Madagascar 10.35 years
94 Mauritania 8.66 years
95 Cote d'Ivoire 8.53 years
96 Burkina Faso 8.28 years
97 Pakistan 7.27 years
98 Mali 6.63 years
99 Niger 5.55 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Australia leads the global ranking for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) in 2016, with a lead of 2.52 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Greece at 18.55 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.