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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.

By Country Listing of the values for the School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) field
Country | School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
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Afghanistan | total: 11 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 8 years (2014)
Albania | total: 16 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Algeria | total: 14 years (2011) male: 14 years (2011) female: 15 years (2011)
Angola | total: 10 years (2011) male: 13 years (2011) female: 8 years (2011)
Antigua and Barbuda | total: 14 years (2012) male: 13 years (2012) female: 15 years (2012)
Argentina | total: 17 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 18 years (2014)
Armenia | total: 13 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 13 years (2015)
Aruba | total: 14 years (2012) male: 13 years (2012) female: 14 years (2012)
Australia | total: 20 years (2014) male: 20 years (2014) female: 21 years (2014)
Austria | total: 16 years (2015) male: 16 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Azerbaijan | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 13 years (2014)
Bangladesh | total: 10 years (2011) male: 10 years (2011) female: 10 years (2011)
Barbados | total: 15 years (2011) male: 14 years (2011) female: 17 years (2011)
Belarus | total: 16 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Belgium | total: 20 years (2014) male: 19 years (2014) female: 21 years (2014)
Belize | total: 13 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 13 years (2015)
Benin | total: 12 years (2013) male: 14 years (2013) female: 11 years (2013)
Bermuda | total: 12 years (2015) male: 11 years (2015) female: 12 years (2015)
Bhutan | total: 13 years (2013) male: 12 years (2013) female: 13 years (2013)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 14 years (2014) male: 14 years (2014) female: 15 years (2014)
Botswana | total: 13 years (2013) male: 13 years (2013) female: 13 years (2013)
Brazil | total: 15 years (2014) male: 15 years (2014) female: 16 years (2014)
British Virgin Islands | total: 14 years (2015) male: NA (2015) female: NA (2015)
Brunei | total: 15 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Bulgaria | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Burkina Faso | total: 8 years (2013) male: 8 years (2013) female: 7 years (2013)
Burma | total: 10 years (2017) male: 10 years (2017) female: 10 years (2017)
Burundi | total: 11 years (2013) male: 11 years (2013) female: 10 years (2013)
Cabo Verde | total: 13 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 13 years (2015)
Cambodia | total: 11 years (2008) male: 11 years (2008) female: 10 years (2008)
Cameroon | total: 12 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 11 years (2015)
Central African Republic | total: 7 years (2012) male: 8 years (2012) female: 6 years (2012)
Chad | total: 7 years (2011) male: 9 years (2011) female: 6 years (2011)
Chile | total: 16 years (2015) male: 16 years (2015) female: 17 years (2015)
China | total: 14 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 14 years (2015)
Colombia | total: 14 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Comoros | total: 11 years (2014) male: 11 years (2014) female: 11 years (2014)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 9 years (2013) male: 10 years (2013) female: 8 years (2013)
Congo, Republic of the | total: 11 years (2012) male: 11 years (2012) female: 11 years (2012)
Cook Islands | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Costa Rica | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Cote d'Ivoire | total: 9 years (2015) male: 10 years (2015) female: 8 years (2015)
Croatia | total: 15 years (2014) male: 15 years (2014) female: 16 years (2014)
Cuba | total: 14 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 14 years (2015)
Curacao | total: 18 years (2013) male: 18 years (2013) female: 19 years (2013)
Cyprus | total: 15 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Czechia | total: 17 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 18 years (2014)
Denmark | total: 19 years (2014) male: 18 years (2014) female: 20 years (2014)
Djibouti | total: 6 years (2011) male: 7 years (2011) female: 6 years (2011)
Dominican Republic | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 14 years (2014)
Ecuador | total: 15 years (2012) male: 15 years (2012) female: 16 years (2012)
Egypt | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 13 years (2014)
El Salvador | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 13 years (2014)
Eritrea | total: 5 years (2014) male: 6 years (2014) female: 5 years (2014)
Estonia | total: 16 years (2015) male: 16 years (2015) female: 17 years (2015)
Eswatini | total: 11 years (2013) male: 12 years (2013) female: 11 years (2013)
Ethiopia | total: 8 years (2012) male: 9 years (2012) female: 8 years (2012)
Finland | total: 19 years (2015) male: 19 years (2015) female: 20 years (2015)
France | total: 16 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 17 years (2014)
Gambia, The | total: 9 years (2010) male: 9 years (2010) female: 9 years (2010)
Gaza Strip | total: 13 years (2015) male: 12 years (2015) female: 14 years (2015) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Georgia | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Germany | total: 17 years (2015) male: 17 years (2015) female: 17 years (2015)
Ghana | total: 12 years (2015) male: 12 years (2015) female: 12 years (2015)
Greece | total: 18 years (2014) male: 18 years (2014) female: 18 years (2014)
Grenada | total: 17 years (2015) male: 17 years (2015) female: 17 years (2015)
Guatemala | total: 11 years (2013) male: 11 years (2013) female: 10 years (2013)
Guinea | total: 9 years (2014) male: 10 years (2014) female: 8 years (2014)
Guyana | total: 10 years (2012) male: 10 years (2012) female: 10 years (2012)
Honduras | total: 11 years (2014) male: 11 years (2014) female: 12 years (2014)
Hong Kong | total: 16 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 16 years (2014)
Hungary | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Iceland | total: 20 years (2013) male: 18 years (2013) female: 21 years (2013)
India | total: 12 years (2014) male: 12 years (2014) female: 12 years (2014)
Indonesia | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 13 years (2014)
Iran | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Ireland | total: 19 years (2014) male: 19 years (2014) female: 19 years (2014)
Israel | total: 16 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 16 years (2014)
Italy | total: 16 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 17 years (2014)
Japan | total: 15 years (2014) male: 15 years (2014) female: 15 years (2014)
Jordan | total: 13 years (2012) male: 12 years (2012) female: 13 years (2012)
Kazakhstan | total: 15 years (2016) male: 15 years (2016) female: 15 years (2016)
Kenya | total: 11 years (2009) male: 11 years (2009) female: 11 years (2009)
Kiribati | total: 12 years (2008) male: 11 years (2008) female: 12 years (2008)
Korea, North | total: 11 years (2015) male: 11 years (2015) female: 11 years (2015)
Korea, South | total: 17 years (2013) male: 17 years (2013) female: 16 years (2013)
Kuwait | total: 13 years (2013) male: 13 years (2013) female: 14 years (2013)
Kyrgyzstan | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 13 years (2014)
Laos | total: 11 years (2015) male: 11 years (2015) female: 11 years (2015)
Latvia | total: 16 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 17 years (2014)
Lebanon | total: 11 years (2014) male: 12 years (2014) female: 11 years (2014)
Lesotho | total: 11 years (2014) male: 10 years (2014) female: 11 years (2014)
Liechtenstein | total: 15 years (2015) male: 16 years (2015) female: 13 years (2015)
Lithuania | total: 17 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 17 years (2014)
Luxembourg | total: 14 years (2012) male: 14 years (2012) female: 14 years (2012)
Macau | total: 15 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Macedonia | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 13 years (2014)
Madagascar | total: 11 years (2014) male: 11 years (2014) female: 10 years (2014)
Malawi | total: 11 years (2011) male: 11 years (2011) female: 11 years (2011)
Malaysia | total: 13 years (2015) male: 12 years (2015) female: 13 years (2015)
Mali | total: 8 years (2011) male: 9 years (2011) female: 7 years (2011)
Malta | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Mauritania | total: 9 years (2015) male: 9 years (2015) female: 9 years (2015)
Mauritius | total: 15 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Mexico | total: 13 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 13 years (2014)
Moldova | total: 12 years (2015) male: 11 years (2015) female: 12 years (2015)
Mongolia | total: 15 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Montenegro | total: 15 years (2010) male: 15 years (2010) female: 15 years (2010)
Morocco | total: 12 years (2012) male: 13 years (2012) female: 12 years (2012)
Mozambique | total: 10 years (2014) male: 10 years (2014) female: 9 years (2014)
Nauru | total: 9 years (2008) male: 9 years (2008) female: 10 years (2008)
Nepal | total: 12 years (2015) male: 12 years (2015) female: 13 years (2015)
Netherlands | total: 18 years (2012) male: 18 years (2012) female: 18 years (2012)
New Zealand | total: 19 years (2014) male: 18 years (2014) female: 20 years (2014)
Niger | total: 5 years (2012) male: 6 years (2012) female: 5 years (2012)
Nigeria | total: 9 years (2011) male: 9 years (2011) female: 8 years (2011)
Norway | total: 18 years (2015) male: 17 years (2015) female: 18 years (2015)
Oman | total: 14 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Pakistan | total: 8 years (2015) male: 9 years (2015) female: 7 years (2015)
Palau | total: 17 years (2013) male: 16 years (2013) female: 18 years (2013)
Panama | total: 13 years (2013) male: 12 years (2013) female: 13 years (2013)
Paraguay | total: 12 years (2010) male: 12 years (2010) female: 13 years (2010)
Peru | total: 13 years (2010) male: 13 years (2010) female: 14 years (2010)
Philippines | total: 13 years (2013) male: 12 years (2013) female: 13 years (2013)
Poland | total: 16 years (2013) male: 16 years (2013) female: 17 years (2013)
Portugal | total: 17 years (2014) male: 17 years (2014) female: 17 years (2014)
Puerto Rico | total: 14 years (2014) male: 13 years (2014) female: 15 years (2014)
Qatar | total: 13 years (2011) male: 13 years (2011) female: 14 years (2011)
Romania | total: 15 years (2015) male: 15 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Russia | total: 15 years (2014) male: 15 years (2014) female: 15 years (2014)
Rwanda | total: 11 years (2013) male: 11 years (2013) female: 11 years (2013)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 14 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
San Marino | total: 15 years (2012) male: 15 years (2012) female: 16 years (2012)
Sao Tome and Principe | total: 13 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 13 years (2015)
Saudi Arabia | total: 16 years (2014) male: 17 years (2014) female: 15 years (2014)
Senegal | total: 9 years (2015) male: 9 years (2015) female: 9 years (2015)
Serbia | total: 15 years (2015) male: 14 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Seychelles | total: 14 years (2015) male: 13 years (2015) female: 15 years (2015)
Singapore | total: 13 years (2009) male: 13 years (2009) female: 13 years (2009)
Slovakia | total: 15 years (2014) male: 14 years (2014) female: 16 years (2014)
Slovenia | total: 17 years (2014) male: 17 years (2014) female: 18 years (2014)
South Africa | total: 13 years (2012) male: 12 years (2012) female: 13 years (2012)
Spain | total: 18 years (2015) male: 18 years (2015) female: 18 years (2015)
Sri Lanka | total: 14 years (2013) male: 14 years (2013) female: 14 years (2013)
Sudan | total: 7 years (2013) male: 7 years (2013) female: 7 years (2013)
Sweden | total: 18 years (2014) male: 17 years (2014) female: 20 years (2014)
Switzerland | total: 16 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 16 years (2014)
Syria | total: 9 years (2013) male: 9 years (2013) female: 9 years (2013)
Tajikistan | total: 11 years (2013) male: 12 years (2013) female: 11 years (2013)
Tanzania | total: 8 years (2013) male: 8 years (2013) female: 8 years (2013)
Thailand | total: 16 years (2015) male: 16 years (2015) female: 16 years (2015)
Timor-Leste | total: 13 years (2010) male: 14 years (2010) female: 13 years (2010)
Togo | total: 12 years (2011) male: NA (2011) female: NA (2011)
Tunisia | total: 15 years (2015) male: NA (2015) female: NA (2015)
Turkey | total: 16 years (2013) male: 17 years (2013) female: 16 years (2013)
Turkmenistan | total: 11 years (2014) male: 11 years (2014) female: 11 years (2014)
Uganda | total: 10 years (2011) male: 10 years (2011) female: 10 years (2011)
Ukraine | total: 15 years (2014) male: 15 years (2014) female: 16 years (2014)
United Kingdom | total: 18 years (2014) male: 17 years (2014) female: 18 years (2014)
United States | total: 17 years (2014) male: 16 years (2014) female: 17 years (2014)
Uruguay | total: 16 years (2010) male: 14 years (2010) female: 17 years (2010)
Uzbekistan | total: 12 years (2016) male: 13 years (2016) female: 12 years (2016)
Venezuela | total: 14 years (2009) male: NA (2009) female: NA (2009)
West Bank | total: 13 years (2015) male: 12 years (2015) female: 14 years (2015) note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank
World | total: 12 years (2014) male: 12 years (2014) female: 12 years (2014)
Yemen | total: 9 years (2011) male: 10 years (2011) female: 8 years (2011)
Zimbabwe | total: 10 years (2013) male: 10 years (2013) female: 10 years (2013)

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