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

In 2014, Belgium leads School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) with 19.70 years. Iceland follows at 19.59 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.11 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

0.04.99.814.819.7BelgiumBelgium: 19.70 years19.7IcelandIceland: 19.59 years19.6FinlandFinland: 19.26 years19.3DenmarkDenmark: 19.14 years19.1New ZealandNew Zealand: 18.80 years18.8SwedenSweden: 18.20 years18.2IrelandIreland: 18.18 years18.2GreeceGreece: 17.90 years17.9NorwayNorway: 17.68 years17.7United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 17.49 years17.5SloveniaSlovenia: 17.34 years17.3SpainSpain: 17.29 years17.3

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Serbia 14.36 years
52 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14.31 years
53 Seychelles 14.26 years
54 Cyprus 14.26 years
55 Kuwait 14.25 years
56 Colombia 14.23 years
57 Georgia 14.21 years
58 Macao SAR, China 14.06 years
59 Mexico 14.04 years
60 South Africa 14.00 years
61 Cuba 13.97 years
62 Dominican Republic 13.76 years
63 Bahrain 13.69 years
64 Malaysia 13.45 years
65 Cabo Verde 13.40 years
66 West Bank and Gaza 13.17 years
67 Armenia 13.10 years
68 Kyrgyz Republic 13.01 years
69 North Macedonia 12.96 years
70 Indonesia 12.88 years
71 Belize 12.74 years
72 Egypt, Arab Rep. 12.74 years
73 Panama 12.71 years
74 Philippines 12.65 years
75 Bermuda 12.65 years
76 Nepal 12.59 years
77 Benin 12.57 years
78 El Salvador 12.55 years
79 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 12.30 years
80 Lesotho 11.92 years
81 India 11.86 years
82 Cameroon 11.84 years
83 Moldova 11.76 years
84 Uzbekistan 11.71 years
85 Sao Tome and Principe 11.57 years
86 Rwanda 11.46 years
87 Qatar 11.44 years
88 Burundi 11.38 years
89 Comoros 11.24 years
90 Lao PDR 11.09 years
91 Ghana 11.05 years
92 Guatemala 10.70 years
93 Madagascar 10.44 years
94 Afghanistan 10.17 years
95 Mozambique 9.87 years
96 Honduras 9.68 years
97 Senegal 9.28 years
98 Guinea 9.01 years
99 Eritrea 8.72 years
100 Cote d'Ivoire 8.54 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Belgium leads the global ranking for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) in 2014, with a lead of 0.11 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Spain at 17.29 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.