School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) (years)

Definition Field Listing

Others A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Others

World: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2011)

A

Afghanistan: total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2011)
Albania: total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2001)
Algeria: total: 14 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2011)
Angola: total: 11 years
male: 14 years
female: 9 years (2011)
Anguilla: total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2008)
Antigua and Barbuda: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2012)
Argentina: total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2011)
Armenia: total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 14 years (2009)
Aruba: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2011)
Australia: total: 20 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2011)
Austria: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2011)
Azerbaijan: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2012)

B

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 (2012)
Belgium: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)
Belize: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
Benin: total: 11 years
male: 13 years
female: 9 years (2011)
Bermuda: total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 13 years (2011)
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: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
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 (2011)
Burkina Faso: total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2012)
Burma: total: 9 years (2007)
Burundi: total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2010)

C

Cabo Verde: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
Cambodia: total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 10 years (2008)
Cameroon: total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2011)
Canada: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2000)
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: 16 years (2012)
China: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2012)
Colombia: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
Comoros: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 12 years (2012)
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: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2011)
Costa Rica: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
Croatia: total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2011)
Cuba: total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2012)
Cyprus: total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2011)
Czech Republic: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)

D

Denmark: total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2010)
Djibouti: total: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 6 years (2011)

E

Egypt: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2011)
El Salvador: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2012)
Equatorial Guinea: total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 7 years (2000)
Eritrea: total: 4 years
male: 5 years
female: 4 years (2010)
Estonia: total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2010)
Ethiopia: total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2005)

F

Fiji: total: 16 years (2011)
Finland: total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 18 years (2011)
France: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2011)

G

Gambia, The: total: 9 years (2008)
Georgia: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2008)
Germany: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2011)
Ghana: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2012)
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 (2011)
Guinea-Bissau: total: 9 years (2006)
Guyana: total: 10 years
male: 9 years
female: 11 years (2012)

H

Honduras: total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2012)
Hong Kong: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2012)
Hungary: total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2011)

I

Iceland: total: 19 years
male: 18 years
female: 20 years (2011)
India: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2011)
Indonesia: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2011)
Iran: total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2012)
Iraq: total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2004)
Ireland: total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 19 years (2011)
Israel: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2009)
Italy: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)

J

Jamaica: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2002)
Japan: total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2011)
Jordan: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2011)

K

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 (2011)
Kuwait: total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2004)
Kyrgyzstan: total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2011)

L

Laos: total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2012)
Latvia: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2011)
Lebanon: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2012)
Lesotho: total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2012)
Liberia: total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 9 years (2000)
Libya: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2003)
Liechtenstein: total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 14 years (2011)
Lithuania: total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)
Luxembourg: total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2010)

M

Macau: total: 14 years
male: 15 years
female: 14 years (2008)
Macedonia: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2010)
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)
Maldives: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2003)
Mali: total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2012)
Malta: total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2011)
Marshall Islands: total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)
Mauritania: total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2012)
Mauritius: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2012)
Mexico: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2011)
Moldova: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2012)
Mongolia: total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2012)
Montenegro: total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 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: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2011)

N

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: 13 years (2011)
Netherlands: total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 18 years (2011)
New Zealand: total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2011)
Nicaragua: total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2002)
Niger: total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 5 years (2012)
Nigeria: total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2005)
Niue: total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 15 years (2005)
Norway: total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2011)

O

Oman: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2011)

P

Pakistan: total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2012)
Palau: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2000)
Panama: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2011)
Paraguay: total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2011)
Peru: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2010)
Philippines: total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2009)
Poland: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2012)
Portugal: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2010)
Puerto Rico: total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2011)

Q

Qatar: total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2005)

R

Romania: total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2011)
Russia: total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2009)
Rwanda: total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2012)

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis: total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2008)
Saint Lucia: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2012)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)
Samoa: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2000)
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: 15 years
female: 16 years (2012)
Senegal: total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2010)
Serbia: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
Seychelles: total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2011)
Sierra Leone: total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2001)
Slovakia: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 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)
Spain: total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2011)
Sri Lanka: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
Sudan: total: 4 years (2000)
Suriname: total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 13 years (2002)
Swaziland: total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2011)
Sweden: total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2011)
Switzerland: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2011)
Syria: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2011)

T

Tajikistan: total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 10 years (2011)
Tanzania: total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2012)
Thailand: total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2009)
Timor-Leste: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2010)
Togo: total: 12 years (2011)
Tokelau: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2003)
Tonga: total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2004)
Tunisia: total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2010)
Turkey: total: 14 years
male: 15 years
female: 14 years (2011)
Tuvalu: total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2001)

U

Uganda: total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2009)
Ukraine: total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2012)
United Kingdom: total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)
United States: total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)
Uruguay: total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2010)
Uzbekistan: total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2011)