People > School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary education > Total: 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	20 years	2013
=1	New Zealand	20 years	2013
3	Ireland	19 years	2013
=4	Monaco	18 years	2013
=4	Norway	18 years	2013
=4	Iceland	18 years	2013
=7	Barbados	17 years	2013
=7	Denmark	17 years	2013
=7	United Kingdom	17 years	2013
=7	Slovenia	17 years	2013
=7	Spain	17 years	2013
=7	United States	17 years	2013
=7	Canada	17 years	2013
=7	Netherlands	17 years	2013
=7	South Korea	17 years	2013
=7	Finland	17 years	2013
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	16.58 years	2013
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	16.29 years	2013
=17	France	16 years	2013
=17	Libya	16 years	2013
=17	Portugal	16 years	2013
=17	Hong Kong	16 years	2013
=17	Estonia	16 years	2013
=17	Italy	16 years	2013
=17	Israel	16 years	2013
=17	Greece	16 years	2013
=17	Lithuania	16 years	2013
=17	Argentina	16 years	2013
=17	Czech Republic	16 years	2013
=17	Sweden	16 years	2013
=17	Austria	16 years	2013
=17	Belgium	16 years	2013
=17	Switzerland	16 years	2013
=17	Grenada	16 years	2013
=17	Uruguay	16 years	2013
=17	Germany	16 years	2013
	Eurozone average (profile)	15.94 years	2013
	European Union average (profile)	15.75 years	2013
35	Fiji	15.7 years	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	15.63 years	2013
	Europe average (profile)	15.2 years	2013
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	15.15 years	2013
=36	Belarus	15 years	2013
=36	Slovakia	15 years	2013
=36	Liechtenstein	15 years	2013
=36	Palau	15 years	2013
=36	Hungary	15 years	2013
=36	Saudi Arabia	15 years	2013
=36	Cuba	15 years	2013
=36	Ukraine	15 years	2013
=36	British Virgin Islands	15 years	2013
=36	Japan	15 years	2013
=36	Brunei	15 years	2013
=36	Chile	15 years	2013
=36	Malta	15 years	2013
=36	Kazakhstan	15 years	2013
=36	Poland	15 years	2013
=36	Montserrat	15 years	2013
=36	Tunisia	15 years	2013
	Cold countries average (profile)	14.95 years	2013
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	14.51 years	2013
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	14.36 years	2013
53	Venezuela	14.3 years	2009
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	14.06 years	2013
=54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14 years	2013
=54	Turkey	14 years	2013
=54	Gaza Strip	14 years	2013
=54	Bahrain	14 years	2013
=54	Mauritius	14 years	2013
=54	Costa Rica	14 years	2013
=54	Luxembourg	14 years	2013
=54	Ecuador	14 years	2013
=54	Lebanon	14 years	2013
=54	Colombia	14 years	2013
=54	Mexico	14 years	2013
=54	Serbia	14 years	2013
=54	Bolivia	14 years	2013
=54	Oman	14 years	2013
=54	West Bank	14 years	2013
=54	Macau	14 years	2013
=54	Cyprus	14 years	2013
=54	Mongolia	14 years	2013
=54	Tonga	14 years	2013
=54	Russia	14 years	2013
=54	Bulgaria	14 years	2013
=54	Romania	14 years	2013
=54	Latvia	14 years	2013
=54	Brazil	14 years	2013
=54	Iran	14 years	2013
=54	Algeria	14 years	2013
=54	Croatia	14 years	2013
=54	Antigua and Barbuda	14 years	2013
=54	Kuwait	14 years	2013
=54	Sri Lanka	14 years	2013
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	13.62 years	2013
	Catholic countries average (profile)	13.59 years	2013
	Emerging markets average (profile)	13.58 years	2013
	Christian countries average (profile)	13.45 years	2013
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	13.28 years	2013
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	13.22 years	2013
84	Georgia	13.2 years	2009
	OPEC countries average (profile)	13.11 years	2013
=85	Dominica	13 years	2013
=85	Indonesia	13 years	2013
=85	Malaysia	13 years	2013
=85	Panama	13 years	2013
=85	Qatar	13 years	2013
=85	Maldives	13 years	2013
=85	Jordan	13 years	2013
=85	Republic of Macedonia	13 years	2013
=85	Aruba	13 years	2013
=85	Cape Verde	13 years	2013
=85	Gabon	13 years	2013
=85	Niue	13 years	2013
=85	United Arab Emirates	13 years	2013
=85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13 years	2013
=85	Saint Lucia	13 years	2013
=85	Peru	13 years	2013
=85	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13 years	2013
=85	South Africa	13 years	2013
=85	Seychelles	13 years	2013
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	13 years	2013
=104	Togo	12.9 years	2011
=104	Jamaica	12.9 years	2010
	Former British colonies average (profile)	12.31 years	2013
	Religious countries average (profile)	12.24 years	2013
=106	Cameroon	12 years	2013
=106	Tajikistan	12 years	2013
=106	Dominican Republic	12 years	2013
=106	Andorra	12 years	2013
=106	El Salvador	12 years	2013
=106	Thailand	12 years	2013
=106	Belize	12 years	2013
=106	Sierra Leone	12 years	2013
=106	Moldova	12 years	2013
=106	Uzbekistan	12 years	2013
=106	Trinidad and Tobago	12 years	2013
=106	Paraguay	12 years	2013
=106	Botswana	12 years	2013
=106	Ghana	12 years	2013
=106	The Bahamas	12 years	2013
=106	Samoa	12 years	2013
=106	Azerbaijan	12 years	2013
=106	Bermuda	12 years	2013
=106	Cook Islands	12 years	2013
=106	China	12 years	2013
=106	Armenia	12 years	2013
=106	Cayman Islands	12 years	2013
=106	Tokelau	12 years	2013
=106	Marshall Islands	12 years	2013
=106	Kiribati	12 years	2013
=106	Egypt	12 years	2013
=106	Bhutan	12 years	2013
=106	Kyrgyzstan	12 years	2013
=106	Honduras	12 years	2013
=106	East Timor	12 years	2009
=106	Suriname	12 years	2002
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	11.56 years	2013
	Hot countries average (profile)	11.48 years	2013
	Muslim countries average (profile)	11.21 years	2013
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	11.17 years	2013
=137	Swaziland	11 years	2013
=137	Liberia	11 years	2013
=137	Vanuatu	11 years	2013
=137	Malawi	11 years	2013
=137	Turks and Caicos Islands	11 years	2013
=137	Tuvalu	11 years	2013
=137	Rwanda	11 years	2013
=137	Philippines	11 years	2013
=137	Morocco	11 years	2013
=137	Anguilla	11 years	2013
=137	Syria	11 years	2013
=137	Sao Tome and Principe	11 years	2013
=137	Guatemala	11 years	2013
=137	Albania	11 years	2013
=137	India	11 years	2013
=137	Kenya	11 years	2013
=137	Uganda	11 years	2013
=137	Burundi	11 years	2013
=137	Nicaragua	11 years	2013
=137	Guyana	11 years	2013
=137	Namibia	11 years	2013
=158	Madagascar	10 years	2013
=158	Guinea	10 years	2013
=158	Cambodia	10 years	2013
=158	Lesotho	10 years	2013
=158	Laos	10 years	2013
=158	Vietnam	10 years	2013
=158	Mozambique	10 years	2013
=158	Iraq	10 years	2013
=158	Comoros	10 years	2013
=158	Angola	10 years	2010
	Former French colonies average (profile)	9.65 years	2013
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	9.57 years	2013
168	Guinea-Bissau	9.5 years	2006
	South Asia average (profile)	9.4 years	2013
=169	Ethiopia	9 years	2013
=169	Tanzania	9 years	2013
=169	Congo, Republic of the	9 years	2013
=169	Nauru	9 years	2013
=169	Nigeria	9 years	2013
=169	Nepal	9 years	2013
=169	Zimbabwe	9 years	2013
=169	Yemen	9 years	2013
=169	Solomon Islands	9 years	2013
=169	Benin	9 years	2013
=169	Burma	9 years	2007
180	The Gambia	8.6 years	2008
=181	Afghanistan	8 years	2013
=181	Bangladesh	8 years	2013
=181	Senegal	8 years	2013
=181	Mauritania	8 years	2013
=181	Pakistan	8 years	2013
=181	Equatorial Guinea	8 years	2013
=181	Mali	8 years	2013
=181	Chad	8 years	2013
=181	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8 years	2013
=190	Burkina Faso	7 years	2013
=190	Central African Republic	7 years	2013
=190	Zambia	7 years	2013
=193	Cote d'Ivoire	6 years	2013
=193	Djibouti	6 years	2013
=195	Eritrea	5 years	2013
=195	Niger	5 years	2013
197	Sudan	4 years	2000
198	Somalia	3 years	2013

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