School life expectancy (years), total - Other - Education Statistics

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Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expect to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.
School life expectancy (years), total - Other - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Australia (2008)20.63
2New Zealand (2008)19.38
3Iceland (2008)18.34
4Ireland (2008)17.88
5Cuba (2008)17.66
6Norway (2008)17.32
7Finland (2008)17.07
8Denmark (2007)16.87
9South Korea (2008)16.82
10Slovenia (2008)16.82
11North Korea (2008)16.82
12Netherlands (2008)16.71
13Libya (2003)16.5
14Greece (2007)16.48
15Spain (2008)16.37
16Italy (2007)16.27
17France (2008)16.15
18United Kingdom (2008)16.13
19High income: OECD (2008)16.06
20Lithuania (2008)15.96
21Belgium (2008)15.96
22Canada (2002)15.95
23United States (2008)15.85
24High income (2008)15.79
25Germany (1996)15.78
26Euro area (1999)15.75
27Estonia (2008)15.73
28Uruguay (2007)15.7
29Sweden (2008)15.6
30Argentina (2007)15.55
31Portugal (2007)15.49
32Switzerland (2008)15.47
33Czech Republic (2008)15.43
34Israel (2008)15.4
35Latvia (2008)15.4
36Hungary (2008)15.28
37Poland (2007)15.24
38Austria (2008)15.2
39Kazakhstan (2008)15.08
40Japan (2008)15.07
41Seychelles (2008)15
42Palau (2001)14.92
43Slovakia (2008)14.86
44Liechtenstein (2008)14.83
45Romania (2008)14.82
46Ukraine (2008)14.65
47Belarus (2007)14.61
48Chile (2007)14.53
49Tunisia (2008)14.5
50Malta (2007)14.37
51Bahrain (2006)14.28
52Netherlands Antilles (2002)14.26
53Macau (2008)14.21
54Venezuela (2008)14.19
55Ecuador (2008)14.17
56Cyprus (2008)14.16
57Russia (2008)14.09
58Iran (2008)14.02
59Brazil (2008)13.97
60Brunei Darussalam (2008)13.95
61Croatia (2007)13.84
62Hong Kong (2005)13.77
63Jamaica (2008)13.76
64Mexico (2008)13.75
65Bolivia (2007)13.71
66Tonga (2004)13.67
67Bulgaria (2008)13.65
68Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)13.62
69Mauritius (2008)13.61
70Lebanon (2008)13.54
71South Africa (1998)13.5
72Peru (2006)13.48
73Upper middle income (2008)13.47
74Mongolia (2008)13.47
75Saudi Arabia (2008)13.47
76St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2005)13.46
77Serbia (2008)13.45
78Panama (2007)13.45
79Grenada (2005)13.37
80Colombia (2008)13.3
81Luxembourg (2006)13.27
82Aruba (2008)13.25
83Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)13.25
84Bermuda (2005)13.13
85Jordan (2008)13.11
86Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)13.07
87West Bank and Gaza (2008)13.06
88Azerbaijan (2008)13.03
89Fiji (2005)13.01
90St. Lucia (2008)12.97
91Algeria (2005)12.77
92Qatar (2008)12.74
93Indonesia (2008)12.69
94Gabon (1999)12.66
95Georgia (2008)12.61
96Cayman Islands (2008)12.59
97Kyrgyzstan (2008)12.58
98Dominica (2008)12.52
99Malaysia (2007)12.47
100Maldives (2006)12.45
101Belize (2004)12.44
102Botswana (2006)12.37
103Kuwait (2004)12.31
104Kiribati (2005)12.31
105Macedonia (2007)12.3
106St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)12.3
107Thailand (2008)12.28
108Guyana (2008)12.25
109Western Samoa (2001)12.16
110El Salvador (2008)12.11
111Moldova (2008)12.04
112Suriname (2002)12.03
113Dominican Republic (2004)11.94
114Armenia (2007)11.93
115Bahamas (1985)11.89
116Philippines (2008)11.87
117Namibia (2008)11.84
118Turkey (2008)11.81
119Paraguay (2007)11.75
120Costa Rica (2005)11.73
121United Arab Emirates (2003)11.49
122Andorra (2008)11.45
123New Caledonia (1985)11.44
124Honduras (2008)11.42
125Trinidad and Tobago (2005)11.42
126China (2008)11.38
127Uzbekistan (2008)11.37
128Tajikistan (2008)11.36
129Bhutan (2008)11.29
130Albania (2004)11.27
131Cape Verde (2004)11.22
132Timor-Leste (2002)11.18
133Oman (2008)11.14
134Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2005)11.11
135Egypt (2004)11.04
136Middle income (2008)11.04
137Liberia (2000)11
138Nicaragua (2003)10.77
139Comoros (2004)10.71
140Guatemala (2007)10.64
141Rwanda (2008)10.63
142East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2003)10.63
143Uganda (2008)10.43
144Vietnam (2001)10.38
145Vanuatu (2004)10.37
146Low & middle income (2007)10.36
147Lower middle income (2007)10.31
148India (2007)10.31
149Swaziland (2006)10.27
150Lesotho (2006)10.25
151Madagascar (2008)10.22
152Morocco (2006)10.21
153Sao Tome and Principe (2008)10.2
154Cambodia (2007)9.84
155Cameroon (2008)9.75
156Iraq (2005)9.72
157Ghana (2007)9.67
158Kenya (2005)9.62
159Togo (2007)9.58
160Burundi (2008)9.57
161Syria (1994)9.5
162Republic of the Congo (2003)9.34
163South Asia (2006)9.33
164Zimbabwe (2003)9.24
165Burma (2007)9.24
166Benin (2005)9.22
167Laos (2008)9.18
168Guinea-Bissau (2006)9.11
169Solomon Islands (2006)9.06
170Malawi (2007)8.9
171Nigeria (2005)8.86
172Nepal (2002)8.84
173Yemen (2005)8.65
174Guinea (2008)8.62
175Gambia (2004)8.6
176Ethiopia (2008)8.25
177Mozambique (2005)8.22
178Low income (2007)8.19
179Bangladesh (2007)8.14
180Equatorial Guinea (2000)8.08
181Mauritania (2007)8.06
182Afghanistan (2004)7.97
183Mali (2008)7.95
184Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2006)7.89
185Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)7.76
186Senegal (2008)7.52
187Sierra Leone (2001)7.21
188Zambia (2000)7.17
189Pakistan (2008)6.79
190Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1999)6.65
191Central African Republic (2008)6.33
192Ivory Coast (2000)6.3
193Chad (2005)5.99
194Burkina Faso (2008)5.84
195Eritrea (2004)5.52
196Tanzania (1999)5.33
197Djibouti (2007)4.72
198Angola (1998)4.39
199Sudan (2000)4.37
200Niger (2008)4.29
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