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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)


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


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


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 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 (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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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


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


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


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)


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)


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)


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


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: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 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)


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)


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 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)


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)


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)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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)


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)


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)


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


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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