| 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) |
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| 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) |