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Country Comparison :: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
School life expectancy (SLE) is the total number of years of schooling (primary to tertiary) that a child can expect to receive, assuming that the probability of his or her being enrolled in school at any particular future age is equal to the current enrollment ratio at that age. Caution must be maintained when utilizing this indicator in international comparisons. For example, a year or grade completed in one country is not necessarily the same in terms of educational content or quality as a year or grade completed in another country. SLE represents the expected number of years of schooling that will be completed, including years spent repeating one or more grades.
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Rank
country (years) Date of Information
1 Australia
20.00
2010
2 Australia
20.00
2010
3 New Zealand
20.00
2010
4 New Zealand
20.00
2010
5 Iceland
20.00
2010
6 Australia
19.00
2010
7 Ireland
19.00
2011
8 New Zealand
19.00
2010
9 Ireland
19.00
2011
10 Ireland
19.00
2011
11 Argentina
18.00
2010
12 Barbados
18.00
2011
13 Denmark
18.00
2010
14 Finland
18.00
2011
15 Iceland
18.00
2010
16 Korea, South
18.00
2010
17 United States
18.00
2010
18 Monaco
18.00
2009
19 Norway
18.00
2010
20 Norway
18.00
2010
21 Slovenia
18.00
2011
22 Spain
18.00
2011
23 Monaco
18.00
2009
24 Barbados
17.00
2011
25 Uruguay
17.00
2010
26 Canada
17.00
2004
27 Canada
17.00
2004
28 Canada
17.00
2004
29 Denmark
17.00
2010
30 Estonia
17.00
2010
31 Finland
17.00
2011
32 France
17.00
2011
33 Iceland
17.00
2010
34 Italy
17.00
2010
35 Korea, South
17.00
2010
36 Montserrat
17.00
2007
37 Monaco
17.00
2009
38 Netherlands
17.00
2010
39 Netherlands
17.00
2010
40 Netherlands
17.00
2010
41 Norway
17.00
2010
42 Slovenia
17.00
2011
43 Spain
17.00
2011
44 Spain
17.00
2011
45 Sweden
17.00
2011
46 United Kingdom
17.00
2010
47 United Kingdom
17.00
2010
48 United States
17.00
2010
49 Belgium
17.00
2010
50 Argentina
16.00
2010
51 British Virgin Islands
16.00
2009
52 Austria
16.00
2011
53 Belgium
16.00
2010
54 Belgium
16.00
2010
55 Belarus
16.00
2011
56 Brunei
16.00
2011
57 Cuba
16.00
2011
58 Denmark
16.00
2010
59 Estonia
16.00
2010
60 Czech Republic
16.00
2011
61 Czech Republic
16.00
2011
62 Czech Republic
16.00
2011
63 Finland
16.00
2011
64 France
16.00
2011
65 France
16.00
2011
66 Grenada
16.00
2009
67 Grenada
16.00
2009
68 Germany
16.00
2006
69 Germany
16.00
2006
70 Germany
16.00
2006
71 Greece
16.00
2007
72 Greece
16.00
2007
73 Greece
16.00
2007
74 Hong Kong
16.00
2011
75 Hong Kong
16.00
2011
76 Hungary
16.00
2011
77 Israel
16.00
2009
78 Israel
16.00
2009
79 Italy
16.00
2010
80 Italy
16.00
2010
81 Japan
16.00
2010
82 Korea, South
16.00
2010
83 Kazakhstan
16.00
2012
84 Lithuania
16.00
2011
85 Lithuania
16.00
2011
86 Liechtenstein
16.00
2011
87 Libya
16.00
2003
88 Libya
16.00
2003
89 Libya
16.00
2003
90 Poland
16.00
2010
91 Portugal
16.00
2010
92 Portugal
16.00
2010
93 Portugal
16.00
2010
94 Slovenia
16.00
2011
95 Sweden
16.00
2011
96 Switzerland
16.00
2011
97 Switzerland
16.00
2011
98 Switzerland
16.00
2011
99 United Kingdom
16.00
2010
100 United States
16.00
2010
101 Uruguay
16.00
2010
102 Austria
16.00
2011
103 Fiji
15.70
2011
104 British Virgin Islands
15.00
2009
105 Bahrain
15.00
2006
106 Barbados
15.00
2011
107 Belarus
15.00
2011
108 Belarus
15.00
2011
109 Brazil
15.00
2005
110 Brunei
15.00
2011
111 Brunei
15.00
2011
112 Chile
15.00
2011
113 Chile
15.00
2011
114 Chile
15.00
2011
115 Cuba
15.00
2011
116 Cuba
15.00
2011
117 Estonia
15.00
2010
118 Grenada
15.00
2009
119 Hong Kong
15.00
2011
120 Croatia
15.00
2010
121 Hungary
15.00
2011
122 Hungary
15.00
2011
123 Israel
15.00
2009
124 Japan
15.00
2010
125 Japan
15.00
2010
126 Kuwait
15.00
2004
127 Kazakhstan
15.00
2012
128 Kazakhstan
15.00
2012
129 Lebanon
15.00
2011
130 Latvia
15.00
2011
131 Lithuania
15.00
2011
132 Slovakia
15.00
2011
133 Slovakia
15.00
2011
134 Liechtenstein
15.00
2011
135 Mongolia
15.00
2011
136 Montserrat
15.00
2007
137 Malta
15.00
2010
138 Malta
15.00
2010
139 Malta
15.00
2010
140 Niue
15.00
2005
141 Poland
15.00
2010
142 Poland
15.00
2010
143 Palau
15.00
2001
144 Palau
15.00
2001
145 Romania
15.00
2010
146 Russia
15.00
2009
147 Saudi Arabia
15.00
2011
148 Saudi Arabia
15.00
2011
149 Saudi Arabia
15.00
2011
150 Sweden
15.00
2011
151 Tunisia
15.00
2011
152 Tunisia
15.00
2011
153 Ukraine
15.00
2011
154 Ukraine
15.00
2011
155 Ukraine
15.00
2011
156 British Virgin Islands
15.00
2009
157 Argentina
15.00
2010
158 Austria
15.00
2011
159 Venezuela
14.30
2009
160 Qatar
14.00
2011
161 Serbia
14.00
2011
162 Serbia
14.00
2011
163 Romania
14.00
2010
164 Romania
14.00
2010
165 Russia
14.00
2009
166 Russia
14.00
2009
167 Seychelles
14.00
2011
168 Tonga
14.00
2007
169 Tonga
14.00
2007
170 Tonga
14.00
2007
171 Tunisia
14.00
2011
172 Turkey
14.00
2010
173 Turkey
14.00
2010
174 Uruguay
14.00
2010
175 West Bank
14.00
2006
176 West Bank
14.00
2006
177 Antigua and Barbuda
14.00
2011
178 Antigua and Barbuda
14.00
2011
179 Antigua and Barbuda
14.00
2011
180 United Arab Emirates
14.00
2009
181 Algeria
14.00
2011
182 Algeria
14.00
2011
183 Algeria
14.00
2011
184 Bahrain
14.00
2006
185 Bahrain
14.00
2006
186 Bosnia and Herzegovina
14.00
2011
187 Bosnia and Herzegovina
14.00
2011
188 Bolivia
14.00
2007
189 Bolivia
14.00
2007
190 Brazil
14.00
2005
191 Brazil
14.00
2005
192 Bulgaria
14.00
2010
193 Bulgaria
14.00
2010
194 Bulgaria
14.00
2010
195 Sri Lanka
14.00
2011
196 Sri Lanka
14.00
2011
197 Sri Lanka
14.00
2011
198 Colombia
14.00
2011
199 Colombia
14.00
2011
200 Costa Rica
14.00
2011
201 Costa Rica
14.00
2011
202 Cyprus
14.00
2010
203 Cyprus
14.00
2010
204 Cyprus
14.00
2010
205 Ecuador
14.00
2008
206 Ecuador
14.00
2008
207 Gaza Strip
14.00
2006
208 Gaza Strip
14.00
2006
209 Croatia
14.00
2010
210 Croatia
14.00
2010
211 Iran
14.00
2011
212 Iran
14.00
2011
213 Iran
14.00
2011
214 Kuwait
14.00
2004
215 Lebanon
14.00
2011
216 Lebanon
14.00
2011
217 Latvia
14.00
2011
218 Latvia
14.00
2011
219 Slovakia
14.00
2011
220 Liechtenstein
14.00
2011
221 Luxembourg
14.00
2010
222 Luxembourg
14.00
2010
223 Luxembourg
14.00
2010
224 Macau
14.00
2008
225 Macau
14.00
2008
226 Macau
14.00
2008
227 Mongolia
14.00
2011
228 Mongolia
14.00
2011
229 Montserrat
14.00
2007
230 Macedonia
14.00
2010
231 Mauritius
14.00
2008
232 Mauritius
14.00
2008
233 Oman
14.00
2011
234 Oman
14.00
2011
235 Oman
14.00
2011
236 Mexico
14.00
2011
237 Mexico
14.00
2011
238 Mexico
14.00
2011
239 Panama
14.00
2010
240 Palau
14.00
2001
241 Georgia
13.20
2009
242 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
13.00
2004
243 West Bank
13.00
2006
244 Samoa
13.00
2005
245 Aruba
13.00
2011
246 Aruba
13.00
2011
247 Aruba
13.00
2011
248 United Arab Emirates
13.00
2009
249 United Arab Emirates
13.00
2009
250 Armenia
13.00
2010
251 Bermuda
13.00
2011
252 Bosnia and Herzegovina
13.00
2011
253 Bolivia
13.00
2007
254 Cayman Islands
13.00
2008
255 Colombia
13.00
2011
256 Costa Rica
13.00
2011
257 Cabo Verde
13.00
2011
258 Cabo Verde
13.00
2011
259 Cabo Verde
13.00
2011
260 Cook Islands
13.00
2011
261 Dominica
13.00
2008
262 Dominica
13.00
2008
263 Dominica
13.00
2008
264 Dominican Republic
13.00
2004
265 Ecuador
13.00
2008
266 Egypt
13.00
2010
267 Gabon
13.00
2002
268 Gaza Strip
13.00
2006
269 Indonesia
13.00
2011
270 Indonesia
13.00
2011
271 Indonesia
13.00
2011
272 Jordan
13.00
2010
273 Jordan
13.00
2010
274 Kyrgyzstan
13.00
2011
275 Kuwait
13.00
2004
276 Liberia
13.00
2000
277 Macedonia
13.00
2010
278 Macedonia
13.00
2010
279 Mauritius
13.00
2008
280 Maldives
13.00
2003
281 Maldives
13.00
2003
282 Malaysia
13.00
2005
283 Malaysia
13.00
2005
284 Niue
13.00
2005
285 Peru
13.00
2010
286 Peru
13.00
2010
287 Peru
13.00
2010
288 Panama
13.00
2010
289 Panama
13.00
2010
290 Qatar
13.00
2011
291 Serbia
13.00
2011
292 Saint Kitts and Nevis
13.00
2008
293 Saint Kitts and Nevis
13.00
2008
294 Seychelles
13.00
2011
295 Seychelles
13.00
2011
296 South Africa
13.00
2004
297 South Africa
13.00
2004
298 South Africa
13.00
2004
299 Sierra Leone
13.00
2007
300 Saint Lucia
13.00
2011
301 Saint Lucia
13.00
2011
302 Saint Lucia
13.00
2011
303 Thailand
13.00
2009
304 Tokelau
13.00
2003
305 Turkey
13.00
2010
306 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
13.00
2004
307 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
13.00
2004
308 Jamaica
12.90
2010
309 Togo
12.90
2011
310 Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.00
2008
311 Sierra Leone
12.00
2007
312 Syria
12.00
2007
313 Trinidad and Tobago
12.00
2004
314 Trinidad and Tobago
12.00
2004
315 Trinidad and Tobago
12.00
2004
316 Thailand
12.00
2009
317 Thailand
12.00
2009
318 Tajikistan
12.00
2011
319 Tajikistan
12.00
2011
320 Turks and Caicos Islands
12.00
2005
321 Tokelau
12.00
2003
322 Tokelau
12.00
2003
323 Timor-Leste
12.00
2009
324 Uzbekistan
12.00
2011
325 Uzbekistan
12.00
2011
326 Samoa
12.00
2005
327 Samoa
12.00
2005
328 Swaziland
12.00
2011
329 Azerbaijan
12.00
2011
330 Azerbaijan
12.00
2011
331 Azerbaijan
12.00
2011
332 Armenia
12.00
2010
333 Armenia
12.00
2010
334 Andorra
12.00
2008
335 Andorra
12.00
2008
336 Botswana
12.00
2006
337 Botswana
12.00
2006
338 Botswana
12.00
2006
339 Bermuda
12.00
2011
340 Bahamas, The
12.00
2006
341 Bahamas, The
12.00
2006
342 Bahamas, The
12.00
2006
343 Belize
12.00
2003
344 Belize
12.00
2003
345 Belize
12.00
2003
346 Bhutan
12.00
2011
347 Bhutan
12.00
2011
348 Bhutan
12.00
2011
349 Burundi
12.00
2010
350 China
12.00
2011
351 China
12.00
2011
352 China
12.00
2011
353 Cayman Islands
12.00
2008
354 Cameroon
12.00
2011
355 Cameroon
12.00
2011
356 Cook Islands
12.00
2011
357 Cook Islands
12.00
2011
358 Dominican Republic
12.00
2004
359 Dominican Republic
12.00
2004
360 Egypt
12.00
2010
361 Egypt
12.00
2010
362 El Salvador
12.00
2011
363 El Salvador
12.00
2011
364 El Salvador
12.00
2011
365 Gabon
12.00
2002
366 Gabon
12.00
2002
367 Ghana
12.00
2012
368 Ghana
12.00
2012
369 Honduras
12.00
2010
370 Honduras
12.00
2010
371 Jordan
12.00
2010
372 Kyrgyzstan
12.00
2011
373 Kyrgyzstan
12.00
2011
374 Kiribati
12.00
2008
375 Kiribati
12.00
2008
376 Kiribati
12.00
2008
377 Moldova
12.00
2011
378 Moldova
12.00
2011
379 Moldova
12.00
2011
380 Morocco
12.00
2010
381 Maldives
12.00
2003
382 Malaysia
12.00
2005
383 Niue
12.00
2005
384 Suriname
12.00
2002
385 Paraguay
12.00
2010
386 Paraguay
12.00
2010
387 Paraguay
12.00
2010
388 Qatar
12.00
2011
389 Marshall Islands
12.00
2003
390 Marshall Islands
12.00
2003
391 Philippines
12.00
2009
392 Albania
11.00
2003
393 Albania
11.00
2003
394 Albania
11.00
2003
395 Andorra
11.00
2008
396 Anguilla
11.00
2008
397 Anguilla
11.00
2008
398 Anguilla
11.00
2008
399 Bermuda
11.00
2011
400 Benin
11.00
2005
401 Burundi
11.00
2010
402 Burundi
11.00
2010
403 Cambodia
11.00
2008
404 Cayman Islands
11.00
2008
405 Cameroon
11.00
2011
406 Comoros
11.00
2005
407 Ghana
11.00
2012
408 Guatemala
11.00
2007
409 Guatemala
11.00
2007
410 Guinea
11.00
2011
411 Guyana
11.00
2011
412 Guyana
11.00
2011
413 Honduras
11.00
2010
414 India
11.00
2010
415 India
11.00
2010
416 Iraq
11.00
2004
417 Kenya
11.00
2009
418 Kenya
11.00
2009
419 Kenya
11.00
2009
420 Laos
11.00
2011
421 Liberia
11.00
2000
422 Madagascar
11.00
2009
423 Malawi
11.00
2011
424 Malawi
11.00
2011
425 Malawi
11.00
2011
426 Morocco
11.00
2010
427 Morocco
11.00
2010
428 Vanuatu
11.00
2004
429 Vanuatu
11.00
2004
430 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
431 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
432 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
433 Marshall Islands
11.00
2003
434 Philippines
11.00
2009
435 Philippines
11.00
2009
436 Rwanda
11.00
2011
437 Rwanda
11.00
2011
438 Rwanda
11.00
2011
439 Sierra Leone
11.00
2007
440 Syria
11.00
2007
441 Syria
11.00
2007
442 Tajikistan
11.00
2011
443 Turks and Caicos Islands
11.00
2005
444 Turks and Caicos Islands
11.00
2005
445 Sao Tome and Principe
11.00
2010
446 Sao Tome and Principe
11.00
2010
447 Sao Tome and Principe
11.00
2010
448 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
449 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
450 Uganda
11.00
2009
451 Uganda
11.00
2009
452 Uganda
11.00
2009
453 Uzbekistan
11.00
2011
454 Vietnam
11.00
2001
455 Namibia
11.00
2006
456 Namibia
11.00
2006
457 Namibia
11.00
2006
458 Swaziland
11.00
2011
459 Swaziland
11.00
2011
460 Yemen
11.00
2005
461 Afghanistan
10.00
2009
462 Zimbabwe
10.00
2003
463 Solomon Islands
10.00
2007
464 Cambodia
10.00
2008
465 Cambodia
10.00
2008
466 Chad
10.00
2011
467 Congo, Republic of the
10.00
2003
468 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
10.00
2011
469 Comoros
10.00
2005
470 Ethiopia
10.00
2011
471 Guatemala
10.00
2007
472 Guinea
10.00
2011
473 Guyana
10.00
2011
474 India
10.00
2010
475 Iraq
10.00
2004
476 Laos
10.00
2011
477 Laos
10.00
2011
478 Lesotho
10.00
2006
479 Lesotho
10.00
2006
480 Lesotho
10.00
2006
481 Madagascar
10.00
2009
482 Madagascar
10.00
2009
483 Mozambique
10.00
2011
484 Mozambique
10.00
2011
485 Vanuatu
10.00
2004
486 Nigeria
10.00
2005
487 Nepal
10.00
2002
488 Nauru
10.00
2008
489 Tuvalu
10.00
2001
490 Vietnam
10.00
2001
491 Vietnam
10.00
2001
492 Angola
10.00
2010
493 Guinea-Bissau
9.50
2006
494 Zimbabwe
9.00
2003
495 Solomon Islands
9.00
2007
496 Solomon Islands
9.00
2007
497 Congo, Republic of the
9.00
2003
498 Congo, Republic of the
9.00
2003
499 Comoros
9.00
2005
500 Equatorial Guinea
9.00
2002
501 Ethiopia
9.00
2011
502 Iraq
9.00
2004
503 Liberia
9.00
2000
504 Mozambique
9.00
2011
505 Nigeria
9.00
2005
506 Nepal
9.00
2002
507 Nauru
9.00
2008
508 Nauru
9.00
2008
509 Tanzania
9.00
2012
510 Tanzania
9.00
2012
511 Tanzania
9.00
2012
512 Yemen
9.00
2005
513 Zimbabwe
9.00
2003
514 Burma
9.00
2007
515 Benin
9.00
2005
516 Gambia, The
8.60
2008
517 Zambia
8.00
2000
518 Bangladesh
8.00
2007
519 Bangladesh
8.00
2007
520 Benin
8.00
2005
521 Chad
8.00
2011
522 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
8.00
2011
523 Central African Republic
8.00
2011
524 Equatorial Guinea
8.00
2002
525 Ethiopia
8.00
2011
526 Guinea
8.00
2011
527 Cote d'Ivoire
8.00
2000
528 Mali
8.00
2011
529 Mali
8.00
2011
530 Mauritania
8.00
2011
531 Mauritania
8.00
2011
532 Mauritania
8.00
2011
533 Nigeria
8.00
2005
534 Nepal
8.00
2002
535 Pakistan
8.00
2011
536 Pakistan
8.00
2011
537 Senegal
8.00
2010
538 Senegal
8.00
2010
539 Senegal
8.00
2010
540 Afghanistan
8.00
2009
541 Bangladesh
8.00
2007
542 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
7.00
2011
543 Central African Republic
7.00
2011
544 Equatorial Guinea
7.00
2002
545 Mali
7.00
2011
546 Zambia
7.00
2000
547 Burkina Faso
7.00
2011
548 Burkina Faso
7.00
2011
549 Yemen
7.00
2005
550 Zambia
7.00
2000
551 Pakistan
7.00
2011
552 Afghanistan
6.00
2009
553 Chad
6.00
2011
554 Djibouti
6.00
2011
555 Burkina Faso
6.00
2011
556 Cote d'Ivoire
6.00
2000
557 Niger
6.00
2011
558 Djibouti
6.00
2011
559 Central African Republic
5.00
2011
560 Djibouti
5.00
2011
561 Eritrea
5.00
2010
562 Niger
5.00
2011
563 Cote d'Ivoire
5.00
2000
564 Niger
5.00
2011
565 Eritrea
5.00
2010
566 Sudan
4.00
2000
567 Eritrea
4.00
2010
568 Somalia
3.00
2007
569 Somalia
3.00
2007
570 Somalia
2.00
2007
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