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
2008
2 Australia
21.00
2008
3 Australia
20.00
2008
4 New Zealand
20.00
2008
5 Iceland
20.00
2008
6 British Virgin Islands
19.00
2005
7 New Zealand
19.00
2008
8 Cuba
19.00
2009
9 New Zealand
19.00
2008
10 Cuba
18.00
2009
11 Ireland
18.00
2008
12 Slovenia
18.00
2008
13 Norway
18.00
2008
14 Korea, South
18.00
2008
15 Ireland
18.00
2008
16 Denmark
18.00
2007
17 Finland
18.00
2008
18 Ireland
18.00
2008
19 Iceland
18.00
2008
20 Argentina
17.00
2007
21 Finland
17.00
2008
22 Libya
17.00
2003
23 Libya
17.00
2003
24 Latvia
17.00
2008
25 Korea, South
17.00
2008
26 Italy
17.00
2007
27 Iceland
17.00
2008
28 Greece
17.00
2007
29 Greece
17.00
2007
30 France
17.00
2008
31 United Kingdom
17.00
2008
32 Spain
17.00
2008
33 Slovenia
17.00
2008
34 Norway
17.00
2008
35 Norway
17.00
2008
36 Netherlands
17.00
2008
37 Netherlands
17.00
2008
38 Netherlands
17.00
2008
39 Montserrat
17.00
2007
40 Lithuania
17.00
2008
41 Uruguay
17.00
2007
42 United States
17.00
2008
43 Finland
17.00
2008
44 Canada
17.00
2004
45 British Virgin Islands
17.00
2005
46 Denmark
17.00
2007
47 Estonia
17.00
2008
48 Canada
17.00
2004
49 Canada
17.00
2004
50 Argentina
16.00
2007
51 Libya
16.00
2003
52 Germany
16.00
2006
53 Germany
16.00
2006
54 Germany
16.00
2006
55 France
16.00
2008
56 France
16.00
2008
57 Estonia
16.00
2008
58 Denmark
16.00
2007
59 Czech Republic
16.00
2008
60 Cuba
16.00
2009
61 United States
16.00
2008
62 United Kingdom
16.00
2008
63 United Kingdom
16.00
2008
64 Switzerland
16.00
2008
65 Switzerland
16.00
2008
66 Sweden
16.00
2008
67 Sweden
16.00
2008
68 Portugal
16.00
2007
69 Poland
16.00
2007
70 Uruguay
16.00
2007
71 Lithuania
16.00
2008
72 Liechtenstein
16.00
2008
73 Korea, South
16.00
2008
74 Italy
16.00
2007
75 Italy
16.00
2007
76 Israel
16.00
2008
77 Hungary
16.00
2008
78 Greece
16.00
2007
79 Spain
16.00
2008
80 Spain
16.00
2008
81 Slovenia
16.00
2008
82 Slovakia
16.00
2008
83 Seychelles
16.00
2008
84 Portugal
16.00
2007
85 Belgium
16.00
2008
86 British Virgin Islands
16.00
2005
87 Belgium
16.00
2008
88 Belgium
16.00
2008
89 Argentina
15.00
2007
90 Austria
15.00
2008
91 Austria
15.00
2008
92 Bahrain
15.00
2006
93 Latvia
15.00
2008
94 Israel
15.00
2008
95 Iran
15.00
2008
96 Hungary
15.00
2008
97 Hungary
15.00
2008
98 Estonia
15.00
2008
99 Czech Republic
15.00
2008
100 Czech Republic
15.00
2008
101 Chile
15.00
2007
102 Chile
15.00
2007
103 Uruguay
15.00
2007
104 United States
15.00
2008
105 Ukraine
15.00
2008
106 Ukraine
15.00
2008
107 Tunisia
15.00
2008
108 Tunisia
15.00
2008
109 Switzerland
15.00
2008
110 Sweden
15.00
2008
111 Portugal
15.00
2007
112 Venezuela
15.00
2008
113 Poland
15.00
2007
114 Poland
15.00
2007
115 Palau
15.00
2001
116 Palau
15.00
2001
117 Montserrat
15.00
2007
118 Malta
15.00
2007
119 Macau
15.00
2008
120 Lithuania
15.00
2008
121 Slovakia
15.00
2008
122 Seychelles
15.00
2008
123 Russia
15.00
2008
124 Romania
15.00
2008
125 Romania
15.00
2008
126 Qatar
15.00
2008
127 Liechtenstein
15.00
2008
128 Kazakhstan
15.00
2009
129 Kazakhstan
15.00
2009
130 Kazakhstan
15.00
2009
131 Japan
15.00
2008
132 Japan
15.00
2008
133 Japan
15.00
2008
134 Israel
15.00
2008
135 Belarus
15.00
2007
136 Belarus
15.00
2007
137 Austria
15.00
2008
138 Aruba
14.00
2008
139 Bahrain
14.00
2006
140 Bahrain
14.00
2006
141 Bolivia
14.00
2007
142 Bolivia
14.00
2007
143 West Bank
14.00
2006
144 West Bank
14.00
2006
145 Venezuela
14.00
2008
146 Ukraine
14.00
2008
147 Tunisia
14.00
2008
148 Tonga
14.00
2004
149 Tonga
14.00
2004
150 Tonga
14.00
2004
151 Slovakia
14.00
2008
152 Seychelles
14.00
2008
153 Serbia
14.00
2008
154 Serbia
14.00
2008
155 Saudi Arabia
14.00
2008
156 Saudi Arabia
14.00
2008
157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
14.00
2005
158 Saint Lucia
14.00
2008
159 Russia
14.00
2008
160 Russia
14.00
2008
161 Romania
14.00
2008
162 Peru
14.00
2006
163 Peru
14.00
2006
164 Panama
14.00
2007
165 Panama
14.00
2007
166 Palau
14.00
2001
167 Montserrat
14.00
2007
168 Mongolia
14.00
2008
169 Mongolia
14.00
2008
170 Mexico
14.00
2008
171 Mexico
14.00
2008
172 Mexico
14.00
2008
173 Mauritius
14.00
2008
174 Mauritius
14.00
2008
175 Malta
14.00
2007
176 Malta
14.00
2007
177 Macau
14.00
2008
178 Macau
14.00
2008
179 Jamaica
14.00
2008
180 Jamaica
14.00
2008
181 Colombia
14.00
2008
182 Chile
14.00
2007
183 Bulgaria
14.00
2008
184 Bulgaria
14.00
2008
185 Brunei
14.00
2008
186 Brunei
14.00
2008
187 Brunei
14.00
2008
188 Brazil
14.00
2008
189 Brazil
14.00
2008
190 Brazil
14.00
2008
191 Liechtenstein
14.00
2008
192 Lebanon
14.00
2009
193 Lebanon
14.00
2009
194 Latvia
14.00
2008
195 Iran
14.00
2008
196 Hong Kong
14.00
2006
197 Hong Kong
14.00
2006
198 Grenada
14.00
2005
199 Gaza Strip
14.00
2006
200 Gaza Strip
14.00
2006
201 Ecuador
14.00
2008
202 Ecuador
14.00
2008
203 Ecuador
14.00
2008
204 Cyprus
14.00
2008
205 Cyprus
14.00
2008
206 Cyprus
14.00
2008
207 Croatia
14.00
2007
208 Croatia
14.00
2007
209 Croatia
14.00
2007
210 Bolivia
14.00
2007
211 Bermuda
14.00
2005
212 Belarus
14.00
2007
213 Barbados
14.00
2001
214 Algeria
13.00
2005
215 Aruba
13.00
2008
216 Algeria
13.00
2005
217 Algeria
13.00
2005
218 West Bank
13.00
2006
219 Venezuela
13.00
2008
220 Thailand
13.00
2009
221 Suriname
13.00
2002
222 South Africa
13.00
2004
223 South Africa
13.00
2004
224 South Africa
13.00
2004
225 Serbia
13.00
2008
226 Saudi Arabia
13.00
2008
227 Samoa
13.00
2001
228 Saint Lucia
13.00
2008
229 Saint Lucia
13.00
2008
230 Saint Kitts and Nevis
13.00
2005
231 Qatar
13.00
2008
232 Peru
13.00
2006
233 Panama
13.00
2007
234 Mongolia
13.00
2008
235 Moldova
13.00
2008
236 Mauritius
13.00
2008
237 Marshall Islands
13.00
2003
238 Marshall Islands
13.00
2003
239 Maldives
13.00
2006
240 Malaysia
13.00
2007
241 Malaysia
13.00
2007
242 Luxembourg
13.00
2006
243 Luxembourg
13.00
2006
244 Luxembourg
13.00
2006
245 Kyrgyzstan
13.00
2008
246 Marshall Islands
13.00
2003
247 Kyrgyzstan
13.00
2008
248 Kuwait
13.00
2006
249 Kiribati
13.00
2005
250 Jordan
13.00
2008
251 Jordan
13.00
2008
252 Jordan
13.00
2008
253 Jamaica
13.00
2008
254 Georgia
13.00
2008
255 Liberia
13.00
2000
256 Lebanon
13.00
2009
257 Georgia
13.00
2008
258 Gaza Strip
13.00
2006
259 Gabon
13.00
1999
260 Gabon
13.00
1999
261 Fiji
13.00
2005
262 Fiji
13.00
2005
263 Fiji
13.00
2005
264 Colombia
13.00
2008
265 Iran
13.00
2008
266 Indonesia
13.00
2008
267 Indonesia
13.00
2008
268 Indonesia
13.00
2008
269 Hong Kong
13.00
2006
270 Grenada
13.00
2005
271 Grenada
13.00
2005
272 Georgia
13.00
2008
273 Colombia
13.00
2008
274 Cayman Islands
13.00
2008
275 Cayman Islands
13.00
2008
276 Cayman Islands
13.00
2008
277 Bulgaria
13.00
2008
278 Bosnia and Herzegovina
13.00
2007
279 Bermuda
13.00
2005
280 Bermuda
13.00
2005
281 Dominican Republic
13.00
2004
282 Dominica
13.00
2008
283 Dominica
13.00
2008
284 Belize
13.00
2004
285 Barbados
13.00
2001
286 Barbados
13.00
2001
287 Azerbaijan
13.00
2008
288 Azerbaijan
13.00
2008
289 Azerbaijan
13.00
2008
290 Aruba
13.00
2008
291 Andorra
12.00
2008
292 Uzbekistan
12.00
2008
293 United Arab Emirates
12.00
2003
294 United Arab Emirates
12.00
2003
295 Turks and Caicos Islands
12.00
2005
296 Turkey
12.00
2008
297 Turkey
12.00
2008
298 Trinidad and Tobago
12.00
2005
299 Thailand
12.00
2009
300 Thailand
12.00
2009
301 Tajikistan
12.00
2008
302 Suriname
12.00
2002
303 Samoa
12.00
2001
304 Samoa
12.00
2001
305 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12.00
2005
306 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12.00
2005
307 Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.00
2005
308 Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.00
2005
309 Qatar
12.00
2008
310 Philippines
12.00
2008
311 Philippines
12.00
2008
312 Philippines
12.00
2008
313 Paraguay
12.00
2007
314 Paraguay
12.00
2007
315 Paraguay
12.00
2007
316 Niue
12.00
2005
317 Niue
12.00
2005
318 Niue
12.00
2005
319 Namibia
12.00
2008
320 Namibia
12.00
2008
321 Namibia
12.00
2008
322 Moldova
12.00
2008
323 Moldova
12.00
2008
324 Maldives
12.00
2006
325 Maldives
12.00
2006
326 Malaysia
12.00
2007
327 Macedonia
12.00
2007
328 Macedonia
12.00
2007
329 Macedonia
12.00
2007
330 Kyrgyzstan
12.00
2008
331 Kuwait
12.00
2006
332 Kuwait
12.00
2006
333 Kiribati
12.00
2005
334 Kiribati
12.00
2005
335 Honduras
12.00
2008
336 Guyana
12.00
2008
337 Guyana
12.00
2008
338 Guyana
12.00
2008
339 Gabon
12.00
1999
340 El Salvador
12.00
2008
341 El Salvador
12.00
2008
342 El Salvador
12.00
2008
343 Dominican Republic
12.00
2004
344 Dominica
12.00
2008
345 Costa Rica
12.00
2005
346 Costa Rica
12.00
2005
347 Costa Rica
12.00
2005
348 Comoros
12.00
2004
349 China
12.00
2008
350 Cape Verde
12.00
2006
351 Cape Verde
12.00
2006
352 Botswana
12.00
2006
353 Botswana
12.00
2006
354 Botswana
12.00
2006
355 Bhutan
12.00
2008
356 Andorra
12.00
2008
357 Armenia
12.00
2007
358 Armenia
12.00
2007
359 Belize
12.00
2004
360 Belize
12.00
2004
361 Afghanistan
11.00
2004
362 Albania
11.00
2004
363 Anguilla
11.00
2008
364 Liberia
11.00
2000
365 Iraq
11.00
2005
366 India
11.00
2007
367 Honduras
11.00
2008
368 Honduras
11.00
2008
369 Guatemala
11.00
2007
370 Guatemala
11.00
2007
371 Egypt
11.00
2004
372 Dominican Republic
11.00
2004
373 Comoros
11.00
2004
374 China
11.00
2008
375 China
11.00
2008
376 Cape Verde
11.00
2006
377 Cameroon
11.00
2008
378 Bhutan
11.00
2008
379 Turks and Caicos Islands
11.00
2005
380 Turkey
11.00
2008
381 Trinidad and Tobago
11.00
2005
382 Trinidad and Tobago
11.00
2005
383 Tokelau
11.00
2004
384 Tokelau
11.00
2004
385 Togo
11.00
2007
386 Timor-Leste
11.00
2002
387 Sao Tome and Principe
11.00
2009
388 Vanuatu
11.00
2004
389 Uzbekistan
11.00
2008
390 Uzbekistan
11.00
2008
391 United Arab Emirates
11.00
2003
392 Uganda
11.00
2008
393 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
394 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
395 Tuvalu
11.00
2001
396 Turks and Caicos Islands
11.00
2005
397 Yemen
11.00
2005
398 Vietnam
11.00
2001
399 Rwanda
11.00
2008
400 Oman
11.00
2008
401 Oman
11.00
2008
402 Oman
11.00
2008
403 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
404 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
405 Nicaragua
11.00
2003
406 Morocco
11.00
2006
407 Tajikistan
11.00
2008
408 Swaziland
11.00
2006
409 Suriname
11.00
2002
410 Sao Tome and Principe
11.00
2009
411 Sao Tome and Principe
11.00
2009
412 Bhutan
11.00
2008
413 Armenia
11.00
2007
414 Anguilla
11.00
2008
415 Anguilla
11.00
2008
416 Andorra
11.00
2008
417 Albania
11.00
2004
418 Albania
11.00
2004
419 Benin
10.00
2005
420 Guinea
10.00
2008
421 Guatemala
10.00
2007
422 Ghana
10.00
2007
423 Ghana
10.00
2007
424 Cote d'Ivoire
10.00
2000
425 Cook Islands
10.00
2005
426 Cook Islands
10.00
2005
427 Cook Islands
10.00
2005
428 Congo, Republic of the
10.00
2003
429 Zimbabwe
10.00
2003
430 Vietnam
10.00
2001
431 Vietnam
10.00
2001
432 Vanuatu
10.00
2004
433 Vanuatu
10.00
2004
434 Uganda
10.00
2008
435 Uganda
10.00
2008
436 Tokelau
10.00
2004
437 Togo
10.00
2007
438 Tajikistan
10.00
2008
439 Swaziland
10.00
2006
440 Swaziland
10.00
2006
441 Nigeria
10.00
2005
442 Nepal
10.00
2003
443 Morocco
10.00
2006
444 Madagascar
10.00
2008
445 Madagascar
10.00
2008
446 Madagascar
10.00
2008
447 Lesotho
10.00
2006
448 Lesotho
10.00
2006
449 Lesotho
10.00
2006
450 Laos
10.00
2008
451 Kenya
10.00
2005
452 Kenya
10.00
2005
453 Iraq
10.00
2005
454 India
10.00
2007
455 India
10.00
2007
456 Comoros
10.00
2004
457 Cameroon
10.00
2008
458 Cambodia
10.00
2007
459 Cambodia
10.00
2007
460 Burundi
10.00
2008
461 Benin
9.00
2005
462 Burma
9.00
2007
463 Congo, Republic of the
9.00
2003
464 Nauru
9.00
2006
465 Mozambique
9.00
2005
466 Morocco
9.00
2006
467 Mali
9.00
2009
468 Malawi
9.00
2007
469 Malawi
9.00
2007
470 Malawi
9.00
2007
471 Liberia
9.00
2000
472 Laos
9.00
2008
473 Solomon Islands
9.00
2006
474 Solomon Islands
9.00
2006
475 Solomon Islands
9.00
2006
476 Sierra Leone
9.00
2001
477 Rwanda
9.00
2008
478 Rwanda
9.00
2008
479 Nigeria
9.00
2005
480 Nepal
9.00
2003
481 Nauru
9.00
2006
482 Kenya
9.00
2005
483 Guinea-Bissau
9.00
2006
484 Guinea
9.00
2008
485 Ghana
9.00
2007
486 Gambia, The
9.00
2004
487 Ethiopia
9.00
2008
488 Equatorial Guinea
9.00
2000
489 Congo, Republic of the
9.00
2003
490 Zimbabwe
9.00
2003
491 Zimbabwe
9.00
2003
492 Yemen
9.00
2005
493 Laos
9.00
2008
494 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
9.00
2008
495 Cameroon
9.00
2008
496 Cambodia
9.00
2007
497 Burundi
9.00
2008
498 Afghanistan
8.00
2004
499 Bangladesh
8.00
2007
500 Bangladesh
8.00
2007
501 Bangladesh
8.00
2007
502 Senegal
8.00
2008
503 Senegal
8.00
2008
504 Pakistan
8.00
2008
505 Nigeria
8.00
2005
506 Nepal
8.00
2003
507 Nauru
8.00
2006
508 Mozambique
8.00
2005
509 Mauritania
8.00
2007
510 Mauritania
8.00
2007
511 Mauritania
8.00
2007
512 Mali
8.00
2009
513 Iraq
8.00
2005
514 Guinea-Bissau
8.00
2006
515 Ethiopia
8.00
2008
516 Ethiopia
8.00
2008
517 Equatorial Guinea
8.00
2000
518 Zambia
8.00
2000
519 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
8.00
2008
520 Chad
8.00
2005
521 Central African Republic
8.00
2009
522 Burma
8.00
2007
523 Burma
8.00
2007
524 Burkina Faso
7.00
2009
525 Burundi
7.00
2008
526 Central African Republic
7.00
2009
527 Sierra Leone
7.00
2001
528 Senegal
7.00
2008
529 Pakistan
7.00
2008
530 Mozambique
7.00
2005
531 Mali
7.00
2009
532 Guinea
7.00
2008
533 Gambia, The
7.00
2004
534 Gambia, The
7.00
2004
535 Eritrea
7.00
2004
536 Zambia
7.00
2000
537 Zambia
7.00
2000
538 Yemen
7.00
2005
539 Togo
7.00
2007
540 Equatorial Guinea
7.00
2000
541 Benin
6.00
2005
542 Burkina Faso
6.00
2009
543 Burkina Faso
6.00
2009
544 Chad
6.00
2005
545 Cote d'Ivoire
6.00
2000
546 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
6.00
2008
547 Eritrea
6.00
2004
548 Sierra Leone
6.00
2001
549 Pakistan
6.00
2008
550 Afghanistan
5.00
2004
551 Central African Republic
5.00
2009
552 Djibouti
5.00
2007
553 Djibouti
5.00
2007
554 Guinea-Bissau
5.00
2006
555 Niger
5.00
2009
556 Tanzania
5.00
1999
557 Tanzania
5.00
1999
558 Tanzania
5.00
1999
559 Niger
5.00
2009
560 Eritrea
5.00
2004
561 Cote d'Ivoire
5.00
2000
562 Chad
4.00
2005
563 Djibouti
4.00
2007
564 Sudan
4.00
2000
565 Niger
4.00
2009