People > School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > 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	21 years	2012
2	New Zealand	19 years	2012
=3	Iceland	18 years	2012
=3	Cuba	18 years	2012
=3	Ireland	18 years	2012
=3	Monaco	18 years	2012
=7	Denmark	17 years	2012
=7	Finland	17 years	2012
=7	Libya	17 years	2012
=7	Norway	17 years	2012
=7	South Korea	17 years	2012
=7	Netherlands	17 years	2012
=7	Canada	17 years	2012
=7	Slovenia	17 years	2012
=7	Greece	17 years	2012
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	16.32 years	2012
=16	Germany	16 years	2012
=16	Uruguay	16 years	2012
=16	Grenada	16 years	2012
=16	Switzerland	16 years	2012
=16	Belgium	16 years	2012
=16	Sweden	16 years	2012
=16	United States	16 years	2012
=16	Spain	16 years	2012
=16	Argentina	16 years	2012
=16	Lithuania	16 years	2012
=16	United Kingdom	16 years	2012
=16	Italy	16 years	2012
=16	Estonia	16 years	2012
=16	Hong Kong	16 years	2012
=16	Portugal	16 years	2012
=16	France	16 years	2012
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	16 years	2012
	Eurozone average (profile)	15.78 years	2012
	European Union average (profile)	15.61 years	2012
	NATO countries average (profile)	15.48 years	2012
=32	Tunisia	15 years	2012
=32	Montserrat	15 years	2012
=32	Poland	15 years	2012
=32	Kazakhstan	15 years	2012
=32	Chile	15 years	2012
=32	Belarus	15 years	2012
=32	Japan	15 years	2012
=32	Latvia	15 years	2012
=32	Austria	15 years	2012
=32	Romania	15 years	2012
=32	British Virgin Islands	15 years	2012
=32	Ukraine	15 years	2012
=32	Czech Republic	15 years	2012
=32	Hungary	15 years	2012
=32	Israel	15 years	2012
=32	Palau	15 years	2012
=32	Slovakia	15 years	2012
	Europe average (profile)	14.93 years	2012
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	14.92 years	2012
	Cold countries average (profile)	14.65 years	2012
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	14.19 years	2012
=49	Malta	14 years	2012
=49	Antigua and Barbuda	14 years	2012
=49	Seychelles	14 years	2012
=49	Croatia	14 years	2012
=49	Brunei	14 years	2012
=49	Brazil	14 years	2012
=49	Bulgaria	14 years	2012
=49	Russia	14 years	2012
=49	Tonga	14 years	2012
=49	Peru	14 years	2012
=49	Mongolia	14 years	2012
=49	Cyprus	14 years	2012
=49	Macau	14 years	2012
=49	West Bank	14 years	2012
=49	Jamaica	14 years	2012
=49	Saudi Arabia	14 years	2012
=49	Bolivia	14 years	2012
=49	Serbia	14 years	2012
=49	Mexico	14 years	2012
=49	Venezuela	14 years	2012
=49	Colombia	14 years	2012
=49	Lebanon	14 years	2012
=49	Ecuador	14 years	2012
=49	Mauritius	14 years	2012
=49	Bahrain	14 years	2012
=49	Gaza Strip	14 years	2012
=49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14 years	2012
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	14 years	2012
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	13.97 years	2012
	Emerging markets average (profile)	13.6 years	2012
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	13.5 years	2012
	Catholic countries average (profile)	13.47 years	2012
	Christian countries average (profile)	13.29 years	2012
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	13.26 years	2012
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	13.15 years	2012
=76	Sri Lanka	13 years	2012
=76	Algeria	13 years	2012
=76	Iran	13 years	2012
=76	South Africa	13 years	2012
=76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13 years	2012
=76	Saint Lucia	13 years	2012
=76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13 years	2012
=76	United Arab Emirates	13 years	2012
=76	Niue	13 years	2012
=76	Gabon	13 years	2012
=76	Aruba	13 years	2012
=76	Republic of Macedonia	13 years	2012
=76	Jordan	13 years	2012
=76	Fiji	13 years	2012
=76	Georgia	13 years	2012
=76	Luxembourg	13 years	2012
=76	Panama	13 years	2012
=76	Barbados	13 years	2012
=76	Malaysia	13 years	2012
=76	Indonesia	13 years	2012
=76	Dominica	13 years	2012
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	12.72 years	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	12.7 years	2012
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	12.67 years	2012
	Religious countries average (profile)	12.09 years	2012
=97	Namibia	12 years	2012
=97	Guyana	12 years	2012
=97	Kyrgyzstan	12 years	2012
=97	Kuwait	12 years	2012
=97	Kiribati	12 years	2012
=97	Marshall Islands	12 years	2012
=97	Tokelau	12 years	2012
=97	Cayman Islands	12 years	2012
=97	Armenia	12 years	2012
=97	China	12 years	2012
=97	Cook Islands	12 years	2012
=97	Bermuda	12 years	2012
=97	Azerbaijan	12 years	2012
=97	Samoa	12 years	2012
=97	Oman	12 years	2012
=97	The Bahamas	12 years	2012
=97	Cape Verde	12 years	2012
=97	Botswana	12 years	2012
=97	Paraguay	12 years	2012
=97	Trinidad and Tobago	12 years	2012
=97	Maldives	12 years	2012
=97	Qatar	12 years	2012
=97	Moldova	12 years	2012
=97	Philippines	12 years	2012
=97	Sierra Leone	12 years	2012
=97	Belize	12 years	2012
=97	Thailand	12 years	2012
=97	El Salvador	12 years	2012
=97	Andorra	12 years	2012
=97	Costa Rica	12 years	2012
=97	Liechtenstein	12 years	2012
=97	Dominican Republic	12 years	2012
=97	Turkey	12 years	2012
=97	Suriname	12 years	2010
	Former British colonies average (profile)	11.92 years	2012
	Hot countries average (profile)	11.3 years	2012
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	11.18 years	2012
=131	Comoros	11 years	2012
=131	Honduras	11 years	2012
=131	Bhutan	11 years	2012
=131	Nicaragua	11 years	2012
=131	Egypt	11 years	2012
=131	Uganda	11 years	2012
=131	Kenya	11 years	2012
=131	Albania	11 years	2012
=131	Guatemala	11 years	2012
=131	Sao Tome and Principe	11 years	2012
=131	Syria	11 years	2012
=131	Anguilla	11 years	2012
=131	Uzbekistan	11 years	2012
=131	Rwanda	11 years	2012
=131	Tuvalu	11 years	2012
=131	Turks and Caicos Islands	11 years	2012
=131	Tajikistan	11 years	2012
=131	Madagascar	11 years	2012
=131	Liberia	11 years	2012
=131	Swaziland	11 years	2012
=131	East Timor	11 years	2004
	Muslim countries average (profile)	10.75 years	2012
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	10.67 years	2012
=152	Burundi	10 years	2012
=152	Iraq	10 years	2012
=152	Vietnam	10 years	2012
=152	Togo	10 years	2012
=152	Lesotho	10 years	2012
=152	India	10 years	2012
=152	Ghana	10 years	2012
=152	Cambodia	10 years	2012
=152	Morocco	10 years	2012
=152	Vanuatu	10 years	2012
=152	Congo, Republic of the	10 years	2012
=152	Cameroon	10 years	2012
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	9.34 years	2012
	Former French colonies average (profile)	9.29 years	2012
=164	Mozambique	9 years	2012
=164	Benin	9 years	2012
=164	Laos	9 years	2012
=164	Solomon Islands	9 years	2012
=164	Yemen	9 years	2012
=164	The Gambia	9 years	2012
=164	Zimbabwe	9 years	2012
=164	Nepal	9 years	2012
=164	Tanzania	9 years	2012
=164	Afghanistan	9 years	2012
=164	Nauru	9 years	2012
=164	Malawi	9 years	2012
=164	Guinea	9 years	2012
=164	Nigeria	9 years	2012
=164	Burma	9 years	2011
=164	Guinea-Bissau	9 years	2010
=164	Angola	9 years	2006
	South Asia average (profile)	9 years	2012
=181	Ethiopia	8 years	2012
=181	Bangladesh	8 years	2012
=181	Senegal	8 years	2012
=181	Mauritania	8 years	2012
=181	Equatorial Guinea	8 years	2012
=181	Mali	8 years	2012
=181	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8 years	2012
=188	Central African Republic	7 years	2012
=188	Pakistan	7 years	2012
=188	Chad	7 years	2012
=188	Zambia	7 years	2012
=192	Burkina Faso	6 years	2012
=192	Cote d'Ivoire	6 years	2012
=194	Eritrea	5 years	2012
=194	Niger	5 years	2012
=194	Djibouti	5 years	2012
197	Sudan	4 years	2000
198	Somalia	3 years	2012

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