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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
21.00
2006
2 Australia
20.00
2006
3 New Zealand
20.00
2006
4 Australia
20.00
2006
5 Iceland
19.00
2006
6 British Virgin Islands
19.00
2005
7 New Zealand
19.00
2006
8 New Zealand
19.00
2006
9 Ireland
18.00
2006
10 Ireland
18.00
2006
11 Iceland
18.00
2006
12 Norway
18.00
2006
13 Korea, South
18.00
2007
14 Finland
18.00
2006
15 Canada
17.00
2004
16 Canada
17.00
2004
17 Canada
17.00
2004
18 Cuba
17.00
2006
19 Ireland
17.00
2006
20 Italy
17.00
2006
21 Iceland
17.00
2006
22 Greece
17.00
2006
23 Greece
17.00
2006
24 Greece
17.00
2006
25 France
17.00
2006
26 Finland
17.00
2006
27 Finland
17.00
2006
28 Estonia
17.00
2006
29 United Kingdom
17.00
2006
30 Sweden
17.00
2006
31 Spain
17.00
2006
32 Slovenia
17.00
2006
33 Slovenia
17.00
2006
34 Norway
17.00
2006
35 Norway
17.00
2006
36 Netherlands
17.00
2006
37 Libya
17.00
2003
38 Libya
17.00
2003
39 Lithuania
17.00
2006
40 Latvia
17.00
2006
41 Korea, South
17.00
2007
42 British Virgin Islands
17.00
2005
43 Denmark
17.00
2006
44 Denmark
17.00
2006
45 Argentina
16.00
2005
46 Belgium
16.00
2006
47 Austria
16.00
2006
48 Bahrain
16.00
2006
49 Belgium
16.00
2006
50 Belgium
16.00
2006
51 Italy
16.00
2006
52 Italy
16.00
2006
53 Israel
16.00
2006
54 Hungary
16.00
2006
55 Germany
16.00
2006
56 Germany
16.00
2006
57 Germany
16.00
2006
58 France
16.00
2006
59 France
16.00
2006
60 United Kingdom
16.00
2006
61 United Kingdom
16.00
2006
62 Sweden
16.00
2006
63 Spain
16.00
2006
64 Spain
16.00
2006
65 Slovenia
16.00
2006
66 Portugal
16.00
2006
67 Poland
16.00
2006
68 Netherlands
16.00
2006
69 Uruguay
16.00
2006
70 United States
16.00
2006
71 United States
16.00
2006
72 Montserrat
16.00
2006
73 Montserrat
16.00
2006
74 Macau
16.00
2006
75 Libya
16.00
2003
76 Liechtenstein
16.00
2004
77 Lithuania
16.00
2006
78 Latvia
16.00
2006
79 Kazakhstan
16.00
2007
80 Netherlands
16.00
2006
81 Estonia
16.00
2006
82 Denmark
16.00
2006
83 Cuba
16.00
2006
84 Argentina
15.00
2005
85 Austria
15.00
2006
86 Austria
15.00
2006
87 Belarus
15.00
2006
88 Czech Republic
15.00
2006
89 Japan
15.00
2006
90 Japan
15.00
2006
91 Japan
15.00
2006
92 Israel
15.00
2006
93 Israel
15.00
2006
94 Hungary
15.00
2006
95 Hungary
15.00
2006
96 Czech Republic
15.00
2006
97 Czech Republic
15.00
2006
98 British Virgin Islands
15.00
2005
99 Uruguay
15.00
2006
100 United States
15.00
2006
101 Ukraine
15.00
2006
102 Switzerland
15.00
2006
103 Switzerland
15.00
2006
104 Switzerland
15.00
2006
105 Sweden
15.00
2006
106 Portugal
15.00
2006
107 Portugal
15.00
2006
108 Poland
15.00
2006
109 Poland
15.00
2006
110 Netherlands Antilles
15.00
2002
111 Malta
15.00
2005
112 Malta
15.00
2005
113 Malta
15.00
2005
114 Montserrat
15.00
2006
115 Seychelles
15.00
2007
116 Seychelles
15.00
2007
117 Palau
15.00
2000
118 Palau
15.00
2000
119 Macau
15.00
2006
120 Liechtenstein
15.00
2004
121 Slovakia
15.00
2006
122 Slovakia
15.00
2006
123 Lithuania
15.00
2006
124 Kazakhstan
15.00
2007
125 Kazakhstan
15.00
2007
126 Korea, South
15.00
2007
127 Estonia
15.00
2006
128 Brazil
15.00
2005
129 Cuba
15.00
2006
130 Belarus
15.00
2006
131 Bahrain
15.00
2006
132 Aruba
14.00
2006
133 Aruba
14.00
2006
134 Argentina
14.00
2005
135 West Bank
14.00
2006
136 West Bank
14.00
2006
137 Uruguay
14.00
2006
138 Ukraine
14.00
2006
139 Ukraine
14.00
2006
140 Tunisia
14.00
2006
141 Tunisia
14.00
2006
142 Thailand
14.00
2006
143 Thailand
14.00
2006
144 Saint Lucia
14.00
2006
145 Saint Lucia
14.00
2006
146 Seychelles
14.00
2007
147 Russia
14.00
2006
148 Russia
14.00
2006
149 Romania
14.00
2006
150 Romania
14.00
2006
151 Romania
14.00
2006
152 Qatar
14.00
2006
153 Palau
14.00
2000
154 Panama
14.00
2006
155 Peru
14.00
2006
156 Peru
14.00
2006
157 Peru
14.00
2006
158 Netherlands Antilles
14.00
2002
159 Netherlands Antilles
14.00
2002
160 Mexico
14.00
2006
161 Mauritius
14.00
2005
162 Mauritius
14.00
2005
163 Macau
14.00
2006
164 Luxembourg
14.00
2006
165 Luxembourg
14.00
2006
166 Slovakia
14.00
2006
167 Latvia
14.00
2006
168 Gaza Strip
14.00
2006
169 Gaza Strip
14.00
2006
170 Guyana
14.00
2005
171 Chile
14.00
2006
172 Mongolia
14.00
2006
173 Brunei
14.00
2006
174 Brunei
14.00
2006
175 Brunei
14.00
2006
176 Bulgaria
14.00
2006
177 Bulgaria
14.00
2006
178 Brazil
14.00
2005
179 Brazil
14.00
2005
180 Belarus
14.00
2006
181 Croatia
14.00
2006
182 Croatia
14.00
2006
183 Hong Kong
14.00
2006
184 Hong Kong
14.00
2006
185 Dominica
14.00
2005
186 Cyprus
14.00
2006
187 Cyprus
14.00
2006
188 Chile
14.00
2006
189 Chile
14.00
2006
190 Bermuda
14.00
2005
191 Barbados
14.00
2001
192 Bahrain
14.00
2006
193 Aruba
13.00
2006
194 Algeria
13.00
2005
195 Algeria
13.00
2005
196 Barbados
13.00
2001
197 Barbados
13.00
2001
198 West Bank
13.00
2006
199 Tunisia
13.00
2006
200 Tonga
13.00
2004
201 Tonga
13.00
2004
202 Tonga
13.00
2004
203 Thailand
13.00
2006
204 Saint Lucia
13.00
2006
205 South Africa
13.00
2004
206 South Africa
13.00
2004
207 South Africa
13.00
2004
208 Saint Kitts and Nevis
13.00
2005
209 Russia
13.00
2006
210 Marshall Islands
13.00
2003
211 Marshall Islands
13.00
2003
212 Marshall Islands
13.00
2003
213 Qatar
13.00
2006
214 Qatar
13.00
2006
215 Panama
13.00
2006
216 Panama
13.00
2006
217 Suriname
13.00
2002
218 Malaysia
13.00
2005
219 Malaysia
13.00
2005
220 Mexico
13.00
2006
221 Mexico
13.00
2006
222 Mauritius
13.00
2005
223 Lebanon
13.00
2006
224 Kuwait
13.00
2006
225 Kuwait
13.00
2006
226 Kiribati
13.00
2005
227 Kyrgyzstan
13.00
2006
228 Jordan
13.00
2006
229 Jordan
13.00
2006
230 Jordan
13.00
2006
231 Hong Kong
13.00
2006
232 Mongolia
13.00
2006
233 Moldova
13.00
2006
234 Luxembourg
13.00
2006
235 Liechtenstein
13.00
2004
236 Lebanon
13.00
2006
237 Lebanon
13.00
2006
238 Gaza Strip
13.00
2006
239 Guyana
13.00
2005
240 Guyana
13.00
2005
241 Georgia
13.00
2006
242 Fiji
13.00
2005
243 Fiji
13.00
2005
244 Fiji
13.00
2005
245 Cayman Islands
13.00
2001
246 Iran
13.00
2005
247 Iran
13.00
2005
248 Iran
13.00
2005
249 Croatia
13.00
2006
250 Cayman Islands
13.00
2001
251 Bulgaria
13.00
2006
252 Belize
13.00
2004
253 Belize
13.00
2004
254 Belize
13.00
2004
255 Bermuda
13.00
2005
256 Bermuda
13.00
2005
257 Algeria
13.00
2005
258 Dominican Republic
13.00
2004
259 Dominica
13.00
2005
260 Dominica
13.00
2005
261 Cyprus
13.00
2006
262 Colombia
13.00
2006
263 United Arab Emirates
12.00
2003
264 Botswana
12.00
2005
265 Botswana
12.00
2005
266 Colombia
12.00
2006
267 Costa Rica
12.00
2005
268 Costa Rica
12.00
2005
269 Cape Verde
12.00
2006
270 Samoa
12.00
2001
271 Samoa
12.00
2001
272 Samoa
12.00
2001
273 Venezuela
12.00
2003
274 Venezuela
12.00
2003
275 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12.00
2005
276 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12.00
2005
277 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12.00
2005
278 Uzbekistan
12.00
2007
279 Turkey
12.00
2006
280 Turks and Caicos Islands
12.00
2005
281 Tajikistan
12.00
2006
282 Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.00
2005
283 Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.00
2005
284 Philippines
12.00
2006
285 Philippines
12.00
2006
286 Paraguay
12.00
2005
287 Paraguay
12.00
2005
288 Paraguay
12.00
2005
289 Suriname
12.00
2002
290 Niue
12.00
2005
291 Niue
12.00
2005
292 Niue
12.00
2005
293 Malaysia
12.00
2005
294 Maldives
12.00
2006
295 Maldives
12.00
2006
296 Maldives
12.00
2006
297 Oman
12.00
2006
298 Oman
12.00
2006
299 Macedonia
12.00
2005
300 Macedonia
12.00
2005
301 Macedonia
12.00
2005
302 Mongolia
12.00
2006
303 Moldova
12.00
2006
304 Moldova
12.00
2006
305 Kuwait
12.00
2006
306 Kiribati
12.00
2005
307 Kiribati
12.00
2005
308 Kyrgyzstan
12.00
2006
309 Kyrgyzstan
12.00
2006
310 Jamaica
12.00
2003
311 Jamaica
12.00
2003
312 Indonesia
12.00
2005
313 Honduras
12.00
2004
314 Grenada
12.00
2005
315 Grenada
12.00
2005
316 Grenada
12.00
2005
317 Georgia
12.00
2006
318 Georgia
12.00
2006
319 El Salvador
12.00
2006
320 El Salvador
12.00
2006
321 El Salvador
12.00
2006
322 Dominican Republic
12.00
2004
323 Dominican Republic
12.00
2004
324 Cape Verde
12.00
2006
325 Costa Rica
12.00
2005
326 Colombia
12.00
2006
327 Cayman Islands
12.00
2001
328 Botswana
12.00
2005
329 Armenia
12.00
2006
330 United Arab Emirates
11.00
2003
331 Albania
11.00
2004
332 Uzbekistan
11.00
2007
333 Uzbekistan
11.00
2007
334 Uganda
11.00
2004
335 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
336 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
337 Oman
11.00
2006
338 Morocco
11.00
2005
339 Liberia
11.00
2000
340 Cape Verde
11.00
2006
341 China
11.00
2006
342 China
11.00
2006
343 China
11.00
2006
344 Bhutan
11.00
2006
345 Anguilla
11.00
2006
346 Anguilla
11.00
2006
347 Trinidad and Tobago
11.00
2005
348 Trinidad and Tobago
11.00
2005
349 Trinidad and Tobago
11.00
2005
350 Philippines
11.00
2006
351 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
352 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
353 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
354 Suriname
11.00
2002
355 Vanuatu
11.00
2004
356 Yemen
11.00
2005
357 Namibia
11.00
2006
358 Namibia
11.00
2006
359 Namibia
11.00
2006
360 Vietnam
11.00
2000
361 Venezuela
11.00
2003
362 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
363 Turkey
11.00
2006
364 Turkey
11.00
2006
365 Togo
11.00
2000
366 Tokelau
11.00
2004
367 Tokelau
11.00
2004
368 Turks and Caicos Islands
11.00
2005
369 Turks and Caicos Islands
11.00
2005
370 Tajikistan
11.00
2006
371 Anguilla
11.00
2006
372 Andorra
11.00
2006
373 Andorra
11.00
2006
374 Andorra
11.00
2006
375 Armenia
11.00
2006
376 Armenia
11.00
2006
377 Albania
11.00
2004
378 Albania
11.00
2004
379 Jamaica
11.00
2003
380 Iraq
11.00
2005
381 India
11.00
2005
382 Indonesia
11.00
2005
383 Indonesia
11.00
2005
384 Honduras
11.00
2004
385 Honduras
11.00
2004
386 Guatemala
11.00
2006
387 Azerbaijan
11.00
2006
388 United Arab Emirates
11.00
2003
389 Afghanistan
11.00
2004
390 Azerbaijan
11.00
2006
391 Azerbaijan
11.00
2006
392 Bhutan
10.00
2006
393 Cambodia
10.00
2006
394 Congo, Republic of the
10.00
2003
395 Swaziland
10.00
2005
396 Swaziland
10.00
2005
397 Swaziland
10.00
2005
398 Vietnam
10.00
2000
399 Vietnam
10.00
2000
400 Uganda
10.00
2004
401 Uganda
10.00
2004
402 Sao Tome and Principe
10.00
2006
403 Sao Tome and Principe
10.00
2006
404 Sao Tome and Principe
10.00
2006
405 Tokelau
10.00
2004
406 Tajikistan
10.00
2006
407 Nepal
10.00
2003
408 Vanuatu
10.00
2004
409 Vanuatu
10.00
2004
410 Kenya
10.00
2004
411 Kenya
10.00
2004
412 Iraq
10.00
2005
413 India
10.00
2005
414 Guinea
10.00
2006
415 Guatemala
10.00
2006
416 Guatemala
10.00
2006
417 Ghana
10.00
2007
418 Equatorial Guinea
10.00
2000
419 Morocco
10.00
2005
420 Malawi
10.00
2004
421 Madagascar
10.00
2006
422 Lesotho
10.00
2006
423 Lesotho
10.00
2006
424 Lesotho
10.00
2006
425 Liberia
10.00
2000
426 Laos
10.00
2006
427 Equatorial Guinea
10.00
2000
428 Cook Islands
10.00
2005
429 Cook Islands
10.00
2005
430 Cook Islands
10.00
2005
431 Cameroon
10.00
2006
432 Cambodia
10.00
2006
433 Bhutan
10.00
2006
434 Benin
9.00
2001
435 Zimbabwe
9.00
2003
436 Zimbabwe
9.00
2003
437 Zimbabwe
9.00
2003
438 Yemen
9.00
2005
439 Nauru
9.00
2006
440 Nepal
9.00
2003
441 Nigeria
9.00
2004
442 Malawi
9.00
2004
443 Malawi
9.00
2004
444 Madagascar
9.00
2006
445 Madagascar
9.00
2006
446 Laos
9.00
2006
447 Kenya
9.00
2004
448 India
9.00
2005
449 Ghana
9.00
2007
450 Ghana
9.00
2007
451 Togo
9.00
2000
452 Rwanda
9.00
2005
453 Rwanda
9.00
2005
454 Mozambique
9.00
2005
455 Morocco
9.00
2005
456 Equatorial Guinea
9.00
2000
457 Cameroon
9.00
2006
458 Comoros
9.00
2004
459 Congo, Republic of the
9.00
2003
460 Cambodia
9.00
2006
461 Solomon Islands
9.00
2005
462 Afghanistan
8.00
2004
463 Burma
8.00
2001
464 Nauru
8.00
2006
465 Nauru
8.00
2006
466 Nepal
8.00
2003
467 Nigeria
8.00
2004
468 Ethiopia
8.00
2007
469 Ethiopia
8.00
2007
470 Comoros
8.00
2004
471 Cameroon
8.00
2006
472 Congo, Republic of the
8.00
2003
473 Sierra Leone
8.00
2001
474 Rwanda
8.00
2005
475 Burundi
8.00
2006
476 Solomon Islands
8.00
2005
477 Solomon Islands
8.00
2005
478 Burma
8.00
2001
479 Bangladesh
8.00
2004
480 Bangladesh
8.00
2004
481 Burma
8.00
2001
482 Bangladesh
8.00
2004
483 Mozambique
8.00
2005
484 Mauritania
8.00
2006
485 Mauritania
8.00
2006
486 Mauritania
8.00
2006
487 Mali
8.00
2005
488 Liberia
8.00
2000
489 Laos
8.00
2006
490 Iraq
8.00
2005
491 Guinea
8.00
2006
492 Benin
7.00
2001
493 Burundi
7.00
2006
494 Burundi
7.00
2006
495 Chad
7.00
2005
496 Gambia, The
7.00
2004
497 Yemen
7.00
2005
498 Togo
7.00
2000
499 Sierra Leone
7.00
2001
500 Guinea-Bissau
7.00
2001
501 Pakistan
7.00
2006
502 Pakistan
7.00
2006
503 Nigeria
7.00
2004
504 Mozambique
7.00
2005
505 Mali
7.00
2005
506 Zambia
7.00
2000
507 Zambia
7.00
2000
508 Zambia
7.00
2000
509 Gambia, The
7.00
2004
510 Guinea
7.00
2006
511 Gambia, The
7.00
2004
512 Ethiopia
7.00
2007
513 Comoros
7.00
2004
514 Benin
6.00
2001
515 Chad
6.00
2005
516 Eritrea
6.00
2004
517 Sierra Leone
6.00
2001
518 Pakistan
6.00
2006
519 Djibouti
5.00
2006
520 Eritrea
5.00
2004
521 Burkina Faso
5.00
2006
522 Burkina Faso
5.00
2006
523 Guinea-Bissau
5.00
2001
524 Niger
5.00
2006
525 Mali
5.00
2005
526 Afghanistan
4.00
2004
527 Burkina Faso
4.00
2006
528 Guinea-Bissau
4.00
2001
529 Niger
4.00
2006
530 Djibouti
4.00
2006
531 Eritrea
4.00
2004
532 Djibouti
4.00
2006
533 Chad
4.00
2005
534 Niger
3.00
2006
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