People > School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: 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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Australia	21 years	2008
=2	New Zealand	20 years	2008
=2	Iceland	20 years	2008
4	Cuba	19 years	2009
=5	Norway	18 years	2008
=5	Finland	18 years	2008
=5	Ireland	18 years	2008
=5	Denmark	18 years	2008
=5	Slovenia	18 years	2008
=10	Monaco	17 years	2009
=10	Netherlands	17 years	2008
=10	Estonia	17 years	2008
=10	Italy	17 years	2008
=10	United Kingdom	17 years	2008
=10	Lithuania	17 years	2008
=10	Spain	17 years	2008
=10	United States	17 years	2008
=10	Latvia	17 years	2008
=10	Uruguay	17 years	2008
=10	Argentina	17 years	2007
=10	Montserrat	17 years	2007
=10	Greece	17 years	2007
=10	Canada	17 years	2004
=10	Libya	17 years	2003
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	16.93 years	2008
	Eurozone average (profile)	16.47 years	2008
	NATO countries average (profile)	16.32 years	2008
	European Union average (profile)	16.24 years	2008
=25	Kazakhstan	16 years	2010
=25	Grenada	16 years	2009
=25	British Virgin Islands	16 years	2009
=25	Hong Kong	16 years	2009
=25	South Korea	16 years	2008
=25	France	16 years	2008
=25	Slovakia	16 years	2008
=25	Portugal	16 years	2008
=25	Israel	16 years	2008
=25	Hungary	16 years	2008
=25	Czech Republic	16 years	2008
=25	Sweden	16 years	2008
=25	Belgium	16 years	2008
=25	Poland	16 years	2008
=25	Germany	16 years	2006
=25	Niue	16 years	2005
=41	Mongolia	15 years	2009
=41	Venezuela	15 years	2008
=41	Jamaica	15 years	2008
=41	Ukraine	15 years	2008
=41	Russia	15 years	2008
=41	Romania	15 years	2008
=41	Austria	15 years	2008
=41	Japan	15 years	2008
=41	Chile	15 years	2008
=41	Switzerland	15 years	2008
=41	Seychelles	15 years	2008
=41	Malta	15 years	2008
=41	Tunisia	15 years	2008
=41	Belarus	15 years	2007
=41	Palau	15 years	2001
	Emerging markets average (profile)	14.05 years	2008
=56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14 years	2009
=56	Antigua and Barbuda	14 years	2009
=56	Brunei	14 years	2009
=56	Serbia	14 years	2009
=56	Qatar	14 years	2009
=56	Colombia	14 years	2009
=56	Lebanon	14 years	2009
=56	Saint Lucia	14 years	2009
=56	United Arab Emirates	14 years	2009
=56	Macau	14 years	2009
=56	Cyprus	14 years	2008
=56	Mauritius	14 years	2008
=56	Panama	14 years	2008
=56	Ecuador	14 years	2008
=56	Mexico	14 years	2008
=56	Bulgaria	14 years	2008
=56	Brazil	14 years	2008
=56	Croatia	14 years	2008
=56	Tonga	14 years	2007
=56	Bolivia	14 years	2007
=56	West Bank	14 years	2006
=56	Gaza Strip	14 years	2006
=56	Bahrain	14 years	2006
=56	Barbados	14 years	2001
=80	Cook Islands	13 years	2010
=80	Thailand	13 years	2010
=80	Indonesia	13 years	2009
=80	Kyrgyzstan	13 years	2009
=80	Saudi Arabia	13 years	2009
=80	Aruba	13 years	2009
=80	Iran	13 years	2009
=80	Georgia	13 years	2009
=80	Belize	13 years	2009
=80	Armenia	13 years	2009
=80	Dominica	13 years	2008
=80	Malaysia	13 years	2008
=80	Jordan	13 years	2008
=80	Republic of Macedonia	13 years	2008
=80	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13 years	2008
=80	Kiribati	13 years	2008
=80	Peru	13 years	2006
=80	Kuwait	13 years	2006
=80	Luxembourg	13 years	2006
=80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13 years	2005
=80	Fiji	13 years	2005
=80	Algeria	13 years	2005
=80	Samoa	13 years	2005
=80	Dominican Republic	13 years	2004
=80	Sri Lanka	13 years	2004
=80	South Africa	13 years	2004
=80	Suriname	13 years	2002
=107	Azerbaijan	12 years	2009
=107	Guyana	12 years	2009
=107	Cape Verde	12 years	2009
=107	Moldova	12 years	2009
=107	China	12 years	2009
=107	Liechtenstein	12 years	2008
=107	Andorra	12 years	2008
=107	El Salvador	12 years	2008
=107	Philippines	12 years	2008
=107	Cayman Islands	12 years	2008
=107	Honduras	12 years	2008
=107	Namibia	12 years	2008
=107	Botswana	12 years	2007
=107	Paraguay	12 years	2007
=107	Trinidad and Tobago	12 years	2007
=107	The Bahamas	12 years	2006
=107	Bermuda	12 years	2006
=107	Maldives	12 years	2006
=107	Turks and Caicos Islands	12 years	2005
=107	Costa Rica	12 years	2005
=107	Marshall Islands	12 years	2003
=107	Gabon	12 years	2002
=129	Sao Tome and Principe	11 years	2010
=129	Oman	11 years	2009
=129	Madagascar	11 years	2009
=129	Uzbekistan	11 years	2009
=129	Rwanda	11 years	2009
=129	Uganda	11 years	2009
=129	Kenya	11 years	2009
=129	Turkey	11 years	2008
=129	Anguilla	11 years	2008
=129	Bhutan	11 years	2008
=129	Syria	11 years	2007
=129	Sierra Leone	11 years	2007
=129	Albania	11 years	2004
=129	Egypt	11 years	2004
=129	Tokelau	11 years	2004
=129	Nicaragua	11 years	2003
=129	Tuvalu	11 years	2001
=146	Ghana	10 years	2009
=146	Tajikistan	10 years	2008
=146	Nauru	10 years	2008
=146	Lesotho	10 years	2008
=146	India	10 years	2007
=146	Guatemala	10 years	2007
=146	Swaziland	10 years	2007
=146	Morocco	10 years	2007
=146	Congo, Republic of the	10 years	2005
=146	Comoros	10 years	2005
=146	Vanuatu	10 years	2004
=146	Vietnam	10 years	2001
=158	Cameroon	9 years	2009
=158	The Gambia	9 years	2008
=158	Laos	9 years	2008
=158	Malawi	9 years	2007
=158	Tanzania	9 years	2007
=158	Cambodia	9 years	2007
=158	Solomon Islands	9 years	2007
=158	Zimbabwe	9 years	2003
=158	Liberia	9 years	2000
=167	Ethiopia	8 years	2008
=167	Burma	8 years	2007
=167	Mauritania	8 years	2007
=167	Mozambique	8 years	2007
=167	Togo	8 years	2007
=167	Bangladesh	8 years	2007
=167	Nigeria	8 years	2005
=167	Iraq	8 years	2005
=167	Benin	8 years	2005
=167	Nepal	8 years	2003
=177	Afghanistan	7 years	2009
=177	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7 years	2009
=177	Burundi	7 years	2009
=177	Mali	7 years	2009
=177	Guinea	7 years	2009
=177	Senegal	7 years	2008
=177	Yemen	7 years	2005
=177	Equatorial Guinea	7 years	2002
=177	Zambia	7 years	2000
=186	Pakistan	6 years	2009
=186	Burkina Faso	6 years	2009
=188	Niger	5 years	2010
=188	Djibouti	5 years	2009
=188	Chad	5 years	2009
=188	Central African Republic	5 years	2009
=188	Guinea-Bissau	5 years	2006
=188	Cote d'Ivoire	5 years	2000
194	Eritrea	4 years	2009
195	Somalia	2 years	2007

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