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Field Listing :: 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.

Country	School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)(years)


Afghanistan	total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2009)


Akrotiri	NA


Albania	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2004)


Algeria	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)


American Samoa	NA


Andorra	total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2008)


Angola	total: 9 years (2006)


Anguilla	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2008)


Antigua and Barbuda	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2009)


Argentina	total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2007)


Armenia	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2009)


Aruba	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2009)


Australia	total: 21 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2008)


Austria	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2008)


Azerbaijan	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2009)


Bahamas, The	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2006)


Bahrain	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)


Bangladesh	total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2007)


Barbados	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2001)


Belarus	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2007)


Belgium	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2008)


Belize	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2009)


Benin	total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2005)


Bermuda	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2006)


Bhutan	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2008)


Bolivia	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2007)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2009)


Botswana	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2007)


Brazil	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)


British Indian Ocean Territory	NA


British Virgin Islands	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2009)


Brunei	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2009)


Bulgaria	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)


Burkina Faso	total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 6 years (2009)


Burma	total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2007)


Burundi	total: 10 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2009)


Cambodia	total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007)


Cameroon	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2009)


Canada	total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2004)


Cape Verde	total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2009)


Cayman Islands	total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2008)


Central African Republic	total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 5 years (2009)


Chad	total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 5 years (2009)


Chile	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2008)


China	total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2009)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2009)


Comoros	total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2005)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2009)


Congo, Republic of the	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2005)


Cook Islands	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2010)


Costa Rica	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)


Cote d'Ivoire	total: 6 years male: 8 years female: 5 years (2000)


Croatia	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)


Cuba	total: 18 years male: 16 years female: 19 years (2009)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)


Czech Republic	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)


Denmark	total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2008)


Dhekelia	NA


Djibouti	total: 5 years male: 6 years female: 5 years (2009)


Dominica	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)


Dominican Republic	total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2004)


Ecuador	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)


Egypt	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2004)


El Salvador	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)


Equatorial Guinea	total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2002)


Eritrea	total: 5 years male: 6 years female: 4 years (2009)


Estonia	total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2008)


Ethiopia	total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2008)


European Union	NA


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	NA


Fiji	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)


Finland	total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2008)


France	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2008)


French Polynesia	NA


Gabon	total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2002)


Gambia, The	total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2008)


Gaza Strip	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)


Georgia	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2009)


Germany	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2006)


Ghana	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2009)


Gibraltar	NA


Greece	total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2007)


Greenland	NA


Grenada	total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2009)


Guam	NA


Guatemala	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)


Guernsey	NA


Guinea	total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 7 years (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	total: 9 years (2006)


Guyana	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2009)


Haiti	NA


Honduras	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2008)


Hong Kong	total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2009)


Hungary	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)


Iceland	total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 20 years (2008)


India	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)


Indonesia	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2009)


Iran	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2009)


Iraq	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2005)


Ireland	total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2008)


Isle of Man	NA


Israel	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)


Italy	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2008)


Jamaica	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2008)


Japan	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2008)


Jersey	NA


Jordan	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)


Kazakhstan	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2010)


Kenya	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)


Kiribati	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)


Korea, North	NA


Korea, South	total: 17 years male: 18 years female: 16 years (2008)


Kosovo	NA


Kuwait	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)


Kyrgyzstan	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2009)


Laos	total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2008)


Latvia	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2008)


Lebanon	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2009)


Lesotho	total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2008)


Liberia	total: 11 years male: 13 years female: 9 years (2000)


Libya	total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2003)


Liechtenstein	total: 12 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (2008)


Lithuania	total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2008)


Luxembourg	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006)


Macau	total: 14 years male: 15 years female: 14 years (2009)


Macedonia	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)


Madagascar	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)


Malawi	total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2007)


Malaysia	total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)


Maldives	total: 12 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (2006)


Mali	total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2009)


Malta	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)


Marshall Islands	total: 13 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2003)


Mauritania	total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2007)


Mauritius	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)


Mexico	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)


Micronesia, Federated States of	NA


Moldova	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2009)


Monaco	total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 17 years (2009)


Mongolia	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2009)


Montenegro	NA


Montserrat	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2007)


Morocco	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)


Mozambique	total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2007)


Namibia	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)


Nauru	total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 10 years (2008)


Nepal	total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)


Netherlands	total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2008)


New Caledonia	NA


New Zealand	total: 19 years male: 19 years female: 20 years (2008)


Nicaragua	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2003)


Niger	total: 5 years male: 6 years female: 5 years (2010)


Nigeria	total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2005)


Niue	total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 16 years (2005)


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	NA


Norway	total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2008)


Oman	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2009)


Pakistan	total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 6 years (2009)


Palau	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2001)


Panama	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)


Papua New Guinea	NA


Paracel Islands	NA


Paraguay	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2007)


Peru	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006)


Philippines	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)


Pitcairn Islands	NA


Poland	total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)


Portugal	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2008)


Puerto Rico	NA


Qatar	total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 14 years (2009)


Romania	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)


Russia	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)


Rwanda	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)


Saint Barthelemy	NA


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA


Saint Kitts and Nevis	total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)


Saint Lucia	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2009)


Saint Martin	NA


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)


Samoa	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)


San Marino	NA


Sao Tome and Principe	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2010)


Saudi Arabia	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2009)


Senegal	total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2008)


Serbia	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2009)


Seychelles	total: 15 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)


Sierra Leone	total: 12 years male: 13 years female: 11 years (2007)


Singapore	NA


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2008)


Slovenia	total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2008)


Solomon Islands	total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2007)


Somalia	total: 3 years male: 3 years female: 2 years (2007)


South Africa	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)


Spain	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2008)


Sri Lanka	total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2004)


Sudan	total: 4 years (2000)


Suriname	total: 13 years (2006)


Swaziland	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)


Sweden	total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)


Switzerland	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 15 years (2008)


Syria	total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2007)


Taiwan	NA


Tajikistan	total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2008)


Tanzania	total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2007)


Thailand	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2010)


Timor-Leste	total: 11 years (2004)


Togo	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2007)


Tokelau	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2003)


Tonga	total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2007)


Trinidad and Tobago	total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2007)


Tunisia	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)


Turkey	total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2008)


Turkmenistan	NA


Turks and Caicos Islands	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2005)


Tuvalu	total: 11 years male: 10 years female: 11 years (2001)


Uganda	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)


Ukraine	total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)


United Arab Emirates	total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2009)


United Kingdom	total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2008)


United States	total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2008)


Uruguay	total: 16 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2008)


Uzbekistan	total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2009)


Vanuatu	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2004)


Venezuela	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2008)


Vietnam	total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2001)


Virgin Islands	NA


Wake Island	NA


Wallis and Futuna	NA


West Bank	total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)


Western Sahara	NA


World	total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2008)


Yemen	total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2005)


Zambia	total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2000)


Zimbabwe	total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2003)

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