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

In 2017, Australia leads School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) with 22.43 years. Belgium follows at 20.73 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 1.70 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

0.05.611.216.822.4AustraliaAustralia: 22.43 years22.4BelgiumBelgium: 20.73 years20.7SwedenSweden: 20.41 years20.4FinlandFinland: 20.20 years20.2IcelandIceland: 20.16 years20.2New ZealandNew Zealand: 19.74 years19.7DenmarkDenmark: 19.55 years19.6GreeceGreece: 19.04 years19.0ArgentinaArgentina: 18.91 years18.9GrenadaGrenada: 18.87 years18.9NetherlandsNetherlands: 18.79 years18.8IrelandIreland: 18.79 years18.8

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Russian Federation 15.26 years
52 Oman 15.10 years
53 Mexico 15.04 years
54 Slovak Republic 14.99 years
55 Dominican Republic 14.99 years
56 Brunei Darussalam 14.97 years
57 Seychelles 14.94 years
58 Peru 14.89 years
59 St. Lucia 14.76 years
60 Romania 14.70 years
61 Colombia 14.68 years
62 Bulgaria 14.64 years
63 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14.57 years
64 Cuba 14.54 years
65 United Arab Emirates 14.47 years
66 Luxembourg 14.32 years
67 Sri Lanka 14.27 years
68 West Bank and Gaza 14.23 years
69 South Africa 14.18 years
70 Malaysia 14.04 years
71 Qatar 14.00 years
72 North Macedonia 13.79 years
73 Liechtenstein 13.75 years
74 Indonesia 13.59 years
75 Philippines 13.50 years
76 Belize 13.38 years
77 Egypt, Arab Rep. 13.31 years
78 Cabo Verde 13.27 years
79 Kyrgyz Republic 13.17 years
80 Morocco 12.99 years
81 Nepal 12.95 years
82 India 12.64 years
83 Lesotho 12.54 years
84 Bangladesh 11.98 years
85 Uzbekistan 11.87 years
86 Moldova 11.84 years
87 El Salvador 11.54 years
88 Rwanda 11.52 years
89 Togo 11.51 years
90 Ghana 11.31 years
91 Burundi 10.96 years
92 Lao PDR 10.68 years
93 Honduras 10.49 years
94 Jordan 10.26 years
95 Mozambique 9.49 years
96 Cote d'Ivoire 9.05 years
97 Burkina Faso 8.70 years
98 Mauritania 8.69 years
99 Tanzania 8.16 years
100 Pakistan 7.24 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Australia leads the global ranking for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) in 2017, with a lead of 1.70 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Ireland at 18.79 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.