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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.

Country Comparison to the World

Country | SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY (PRIMARY TO TERTIARY EDUCATION)(YEARS)
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Afghanistan | total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2011)
Algeria | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2011)
Angola | total: 11 years male: 14 years female: 9 years (2011)
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2012)
Argentina | total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 19 years (2012)
Armenia | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 14 years (2009)
Aruba | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Australia | total: 20 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2012)
Austria | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012)
Azerbaijan | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012)
Bangladesh | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2011)
Barbados | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2011)
Belarus | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2013)
Belgium | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
Belize | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013)
Benin | total: 11 years male: 13 years female: 9 years (2011)
Bermuda | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2012)
Bhutan | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012)
Bolivia | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2007)
Botswana | total: 12 years male: NA female: NA (2008)
Brazil | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2005)
British Virgin Islands | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2009)
Brunei | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012)
Bulgaria | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012)
Burkina Faso | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2013)
Burma | total: 9 years male: NA female: NA (2007)
Burundi | total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2010)
Cabo Verde | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013)
Cambodia | total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2008)
Cameroon | total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2011)
Central African Republic | total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2012)
Chad | total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2011)
Chile | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012)
China | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012)
Colombia | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2010)
Comoros | total: 11 years male: NA female: NA (2013)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2012)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012)
Cook Islands | total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 15 years (2012)
Costa Rica | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013)
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2013)
Croatia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012)
Cuba | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2013)
Cyprus | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2012)
Czech Republic | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
Denmark | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 19 years (2012)
Djibouti | total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 6 years (2011)
Dominican Republic | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Ecuador | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2012)
Egypt | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2012)
El Salvador | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012)
Estonia | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
Ethiopia | total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 6 years (2005)
Finland | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2012)
France | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2012)
Gambia, The | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2010)
Gaza Strip | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years note: data represents Gaza and West Bank (2013)
Georgia | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2013)
Germany | total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2012)
Ghana | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2012)
Greece | total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2012)
Grenada | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2009)
Guatemala | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)
Guinea-Bissau | total: 9 years male: NA female: NA (2006)
Guinea | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 7 years (2011)
Guyana | total: 10 years male: 9 years female: 11 years (2012)
Honduras | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2013)
Hong Kong | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2013)
Hungary | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012)
Iceland | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years (2012)
India | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2011)
Indonesia | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012)
Iran | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012)
Ireland | total: 19 years male: 19 years female: 18 years (2012)
Israel | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012)
Italy | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
Jamaica | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2013)
Japan | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012)
Jordan | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Kazakhstan | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2012)
Kenya | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)
Kiribati | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)
Korea, South | total: 17 years male: 18 years female: 16 years (2012)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2011)
Laos | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2013)
Latvia | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012)
Lebanon | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2013)
Lesotho | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2012)
Liechtenstein | total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 14 years (2012)
Lithuania | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
Luxembourg | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2012)
Macedonia | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Madagascar | total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2012)
Malawi | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2011)
Malaysia | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)
Mali | total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2011)
Malta | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012)
Mauritania | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2013)
Mauritius | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012)
Mexico | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012)
Moldova | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2013)
Mongolia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2010)
Montenegro | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2010)
Montserrat | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2007)
Morocco | total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2010)
Mozambique | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2013)
Namibia | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)
Nauru | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 10 years (2008)
Nepal | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2011)
Netherlands | total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2012)
New Zealand | total: 19 years male: 18 years female: 20 years (2012)
Nigeria | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2005)
Niger | total: 5 years male: 6 years female: 5 years (2012)
Niue | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 15 years (2005)
Norway | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2012)
Oman | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2011)
Pakistan | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2013)
Palau | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2013)
Panama | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Paraguay | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2010)
Peru | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2010)
Philippines | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)
Poland | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012)
Portugal | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
Puerto Rico | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2013)
Qatar | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2005)
Romania | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2011)
Russia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2012)
Rwanda | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2013)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)
Saint Lucia | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2007)
San Marino | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2011)
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012)
Saudi Arabia | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2013)
Senegal | total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2010)
Serbia | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2013)
Seychelles | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012)
Slovakia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2012)
Slovenia | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2012)
Solomon Islands | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007)
South Africa | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Spain | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2012)
Sri Lanka | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Sudan | total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2012)
Swaziland | total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2011)
Sweden | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2012)
Switzerland | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2012)
Syria | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012)
Tajikistan | total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2012)
Tanzania | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2012)
Thailand | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2012)
Timor-Leste | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2010)
Togo | total: 12 years male: NA female: NA (2011)
Tunisia | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2010)
Turkey | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 14 years (2012)
Turkmenistan | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2014)
Uganda | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2011)
Ukraine | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2013)
United Kingdom | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
United States | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2012)
Uruguay | total: 16 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2010)
Uzbekistan | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2011)
Venezuela | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2008)
West Bank | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years note: data represents Gaza and West Bank (2013)
World | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2012)
Yemen | total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2011)
Zimbabwe | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2012)

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