High income OECD countries Compared by Education > School life expectancy > Total
DEFINITION:
School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
CONTENTS
# |
COUNTRY |
AMOUNT |
DATE |
GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NorwayNorway | 16.9 years | 2002 | |
| 2 | FinlandFinland | 16.7 years | 2002 | |
| 3 | AustraliaAustralia | 16.6 years | 2002 | |
| 4 | United KingdomUnited Kingdom | 16.4 years | 2002 | |
| 5 | New ZealandNew Zealand | 16.2 years | 2002 | |
| 6 | SwedenSweden | 16 years | 2002 | |
| 7 | NetherlandsNetherlands | 15.9 years | 2002 | |
| =8 | BelgiumBelgium | 15.8 years | 2002 | |
| =8 | IcelandIceland | 15.8 years | 2002 | |
| 10 | DenmarkDenmark | 15.6 years | 2002 | |
| 11 | FranceFrance | 15.4 years | 2002 | |
| =12 | SpainSpain | 15.3 years | 2002 | |
| =12 | GermanyGermany | 15.3 years | 2002 | |
| =14 | PortugalPortugal | 15.2 years | 2002 | |
| =14 | United StatesUnited States | 15.2 years | 2002 | |
| 16 | SwitzerlandSwitzerland | 15 years | 2002 | |
| 17 | IrelandIreland | 14.9 years | 2002 | |
| 18 | CanadaCanada | 14.8 years | 2002 | |
| =19 | ItalyItaly | 14.7 years | 2002 | |
| =19 | AustriaAustria | 14.7 years | 2002 | |
| =21 | South KoreaSouth Korea | 14.6 years | 2002 | |
| =21 | IsraelIsrael | 14.6 years | 2002 | |
| 23 | PolandPoland | 14.4 years | 2002 | |
| =24 | GreeceGreece | 14.3 years | 2002 | |
| =24 | JapanJapan | 14.3 years | 2002 | |
| =26 | EstoniaEstonia | 14.1 years | 2002 | |
| =26 | SloveniaSlovenia | 14.1 years | 2002 | |
| =28 | Czech RepublicCzech Republic | 13.5 years | 2002 | |
| =28 | ChileChile | 13.5 years | 2002 | |
| 30 | LuxembourgLuxembourg | 13.1 years | 2002 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Education > School life expectancy > Total
- Norway ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst High income OECD countries in 2002.
- Finland ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst European Union in 2002.
- Israel ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2002.
- United Kingdom ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
- Australia ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst Hot countries in 2002.
- France ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst Catholic countries in 2002.
- Poland ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst Emerging markets in 2002.
- Tunisia ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst Muslim countries in 2002.
- Argentina ranked first for school life expectancy > total amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2002.
- Netherlands ranked second for school life expectancy > total amongst Eurozone in 2002.