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

In 2017, Australia leads School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) with 21.95 years. Belgium follows at 19.77 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 2.18 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

0.05.511.016.522.0AustraliaAustralia: 21.95 years22.0BelgiumBelgium: 19.77 years19.8SwedenSweden: 19.48 years19.5FinlandFinland: 19.40 years19.4GreeceGreece: 19.10 years19.1IcelandIceland: 19.08 years19.1DenmarkDenmark: 18.89 years18.9New ZealandNew Zealand: 18.84 years18.8IrelandIreland: 18.71 years18.7GrenadaGrenada: 18.49 years18.5NetherlandsNetherlands: 18.49 years18.5NorwayNorway: 18.07 years18.1

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Peru 14.99 years
52 Liechtenstein 14.90 years
53 Albania 14.82 years
54 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14.81 years
55 Mexico 14.81 years
56 Serbia 14.77 years
57 Slovak Republic 14.49 years
58 Brunei Darussalam 14.47 years
59 Bulgaria 14.41 years
60 Colombia 14.41 years
61 United Arab Emirates 14.34 years
62 Romania 14.26 years
63 Luxembourg 14.26 years
64 Dominican Republic 14.22 years
65 Oman 14.18 years
66 Cuba 14.10 years
67 St. Lucia 14.05 years
68 Sri Lanka 13.91 years
69 Seychelles 13.89 years
70 South Africa 13.79 years
71 Malaysia 13.68 years
72 North Macedonia 13.59 years
73 Indonesia 13.53 years
74 Morocco 13.50 years
75 West Bank and Gaza 13.36 years
76 Egypt, Arab Rep. 13.33 years
77 Philippines 13.15 years
78 Belize 13.11 years
79 Kyrgyz Republic 12.97 years
80 Cabo Verde 12.95 years
81 Nepal 12.76 years
82 Togo 12.66 years
83 India 12.16 years
84 Lesotho 12.13 years
85 Uzbekistan 12.06 years
86 Qatar 11.91 years
87 El Salvador 11.64 years
88 Moldova 11.61 years
89 Bangladesh 11.60 years
90 Rwanda 11.50 years
91 Ghana 11.47 years
92 Lao PDR 10.99 years
93 Burundi 10.93 years
94 Jordan 10.14 years
95 Honduras 10.06 years
96 Mozambique 9.97 years
97 Cote d'Ivoire 9.95 years
98 Burkina Faso 8.91 years
99 Mauritania 8.59 years
100 Tanzania 8.10 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Australia leads the global ranking for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) in 2017, with a lead of 2.18 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 18.07 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.