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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) |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
total:
10 years
male:
13 years
female:
8 years
(2018)
|
| Albania |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
16 years
(2019)
|
| Algeria |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2011)
|
| Angola |
total:
10 years
male:
12 years
female:
7 years
(2011)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
16 years
(2012)
|
| Argentina |
total:
18 years
male:
16 years
female:
19 years
(2017)
|
| Armenia |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2019)
|
| Aruba |
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2012)
|
| Australia |
total:
21 years
male:
20 years
female:
21 years
(2018)
|
| Austria |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years
(2018)
|
| Azerbaijan |
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2019)
|
| Bahrain |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2019)
|
| Bangladesh |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years
(2018)
|
| Barbados |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
17 years
(2011)
|
| Belarus |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years
(2018)
|
| Belgium |
total:
20 years
male:
19 years
female:
21 years
(2018)
|
| Belize |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years
(2019)
|
| Benin |
total:
13 years
male:
14 years
female:
11 years
(2016)
|
| Bermuda |
total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
14 years
(2015)
|
| Bhutan |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2018)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2014)
|
| Botswana |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years
(2013)
|
| Brazil |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years
(2011)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
NA
female:
12 years
NA
(2018)
|
| Brunei |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2019)
|
| Bulgaria |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years
(2018)
|
| Burkina Faso |
total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years
(2019)
|
| Burma |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2018)
|
| Burundi |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2018)
|
| Cabo Verde |
total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years
(2018)
|
| Cambodia |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years
(2008)
|
| Cameroon |
total:
12 years
male:
13 years
female:
11 years
(2016)
|
| Canada |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Central African Republic |
total:
7 years
male:
8 years
female:
6 years
(2012)
|
| Chad |
total:
7 years
male:
9 years
female:
6 years
(2015)
|
| Chile |
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| China |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years
(2015)
|
| Colombia |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Comoros |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2014)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total:
11 years
male:
10 years
female:
9 years
(2013)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2012)
|
| Cook Islands |
total:
1,516 years
male:
15 years
female:
14 years
(2012)
|
| Costa Rica |
total:
16 years
male:
17 years
female:
17 years
(2019)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
total:
11 years
male:
10 years
female:
9 years
(2017)
|
| Croatia |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years
(2018)
|
| Cuba |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Curacao |
total:
17 years
male:
18 years
female:
18 years
(2013)
|
| Cyprus |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Czechia |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Denmark |
total:
18 years
male:
19 years
female:
19 years
(2018)
|
| Djibouti |
total:
7 years
male:
7 years
female:
67 years
(2011)
|
| Dominican Republic |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2017)
|
| Ecuador |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years
(2015)
|
| Egypt |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years
(2017)
|
| El Salvador |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years
(2018)
|
| Eritrea |
total:
59 years
male:
8 years
female:
7 years
(2015)
|
| Estonia |
total:
15 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Eswatini |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
12 years
(2013)
|
| Ethiopia |
total:
9 years
male:
8 years
female:
8 years
(2012)
|
| Finland |
total:
19 years
male:
20 years
female:
20 years
(2018)
|
| France |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years
(2018)
|
| Gambia, The |
total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years
(2010)
|
| Gaza Strip |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2013)
note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Georgia |
total:
15 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years
(2019)
|
| Germany |
total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Ghana |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years
(2019)
|
| Greece |
total:
20 years
male:
20 years
female:
20 years
(2018)
|
| Grenada |
total:
19 years
male:
18 years
female:
19 years
(2018)
|
| Guatemala |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2015)
|
| Guinea |
total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
8 years
(2014)
|
| Guyana |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years
(2012)
|
| Honduras |
total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
11 years
(2017)
|
| Hong Kong |
total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
18 years
(2019)
|
| Hungary |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Iceland |
total:
19 years
male:
18 years
female:
20 years
(2018)
|
| India |
total:
12 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years
(2019)
|
| Indonesia |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years
(2018)
|
| Iran |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years
(2017)
|
| Ireland |
total:
20 years
male:
19 years
female:
20 years
(2018)
|
| Israel |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Italy |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Jamaica |
total:
12 years
male:
11 years
female:
13 years
(2015)
|
| Japan |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years
(2016)
|
| Jordan |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2012)
|
| Kazakhstan |
total:
16 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years
(2019)
|
| Kenya |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2009)
|
| Kiribati |
total:
12 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years
(2008)
|
| Korea, North |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2015)
|
| Korea, South |
total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
16 years
(2018)
|
| Kuwait |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
16 years
(2015)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years
(2019)
|
| Laos |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years
(2019)
|
| Latvia |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Lebanon |
total:
11 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years
(2014)
|
| Lesotho |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years
(2017)
|
| Liechtenstein |
total:
15 years
male:
16 years
female:
14 years
(2018)
|
| Lithuania |
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Luxembourg |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years
(2018)
|
| Macau |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2019)
|
| Madagascar |
total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
10 years
(2018)
|
| Malawi |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2011)
|
| Malaysia |
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2017)
|
| Mali |
total:
8 years
male:
8 years
female:
7 years
(2017)
|
| Malta |
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Marshall Islands |
total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
10 years
(2019)
|
| Mauritania |
total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
10 years
(2019)
|
| Mauritius |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
16 years
(2017)
|
| Mexico |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Moldova |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years
(2019)
|
| Mongolia |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
16 years
(2015)
|
| Montenegro |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years
(2019)
|
| Montserrat |
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
15 years
(2019)
|
| Morocco |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years
(2019)
|
| Mozambique |
total:
10 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years
(2017)
|
| Nauru |
total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
10 years
(2008)
|
| Nepal |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years
(2019)
|
| Netherlands |
total:
19 years
male:
18 years
female:
19 years
(2018)
|
| New Zealand |
total:
19 years
male:
18 years
female:
20 years
(2018)
|
| Niger |
total:
6 years
male:
7 years
female:
6 years
(2017)
|
| Nigeria |
total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
8 years
(2011)
|
| North Macedonia |
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2018)
|
| Norway |
total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
19 years
(2018)
|
| Oman |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2019)
|
| Pakistan |
total:
8 years
male:
9 years
female:
8 years
(2018)
|
| Palau |
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2013)
|
| Panama |
total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
14 years
(2016)
|
| Paraguay |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years
(2010)
|
| Peru |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2017)
|
| Philippines |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
15 years
(2017)
|
| Poland |
total:
16 years
male:
15 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Portugal |
total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Puerto Rico |
total:
16 years
male:
15 years
female:
18 years
(2018)
|
| Qatar |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
14 years
(2019)
|
| Romania |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Russia |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years
(2018)
|
| Rwanda |
total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years
(2019)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
total:
18 years
male:
16 years
female:
1,619 years
(2015)
|
| Saint Lucia |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years
(2019)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2015)
|
| San Marino |
total:
16 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years
(2012)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years
(2015)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years
(2019)
|
| Senegal |
total:
9 years
male:
8 years
female:
9 years
(2019)
|
| Serbia |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2019)
|
| Seychelles |
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
16 years
(2019)
|
| Singapore |
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Sint Maarten |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years
(2014)
|
| Slovakia |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Slovenia |
total:
18 years
male:
17 years
female:
18 years
(2018)
|
| South Africa |
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2018)
|
| Spain |
total:
18 years
male:
17 years
female:
18 years
(2018)
|
| Sri Lanka |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2018)
|
| Sudan |
total:
8 years
male:
8 years
female:
7 years
(2015)
|
| Sweden |
total:
20 years
male:
19 years
female:
21 years
(2018)
|
| Switzerland |
total:
16 years
male:
17 years
female:
16 years
(2018)
|
| Syria |
total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years
(2013)
|
| Tajikistan |
total:
11 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years
(2013)
|
| Tanzania |
total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years
(2019)
|
| Thailand |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years
(2016)
|
| Timor-Leste |
total:
13 years
male:
14 years
female:
13 years
(2010)
|
| Togo |
total:
13 years
male:
14 years
NA
female:
12 years
NA
(2017)
|
| Tunisia |
total:
15 years
male:
14 years
NA
female:
16 years
NA
(2016)
|
| Turkey |
total:
18 years
male:
19 years
female:
18 years
(2018)
|
| Turkmenistan |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years
(2019)
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
total:
9 years
male:
NA
female:
NA
(2015)
|
| Uganda |
total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
10 years
(2011)
|
| Ukraine |
total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years
(2014)
|
| United Arab Emirates |
total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years
(2017)
|
| United Kingdom |
total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
18 years
(2018)
|
| United States |
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years
(2018)
|
| Uruguay |
total:
17 years
male:
NA
female:
NA
(2017)
|
| Uzbekistan |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
12 years
(2019)
|
| Venezuela |
total:
14 years
male:
NA
female:
NA
(2009)
|
| West Bank |
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years
(2019)
note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| World |
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years
(2019)
|
| Yemen |
total:
9 years
male:
11 years
female:
8 years
(2011)
|
| Zimbabwe |
total:
11 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years
(2013)
|