Arab World vs Portugal: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Arab World
11.48 years
in 2018
Portugal
16.76 years
in 2018
Arab World rank
32nd
Portugal rank
32nd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Arab World
  • Portugal
57.51012.51517.5197019942018

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 16.76 years against 11.48 years in Arab World, a difference of 5.28 years.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.5 times Arab World's.

Across all 37 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Arab World ranks 32nd and Portugal ranks 32nd of 45 groups.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Arab World Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 5.1 years 9.8 years 4.71 years Portugal
1980s 6.56 years 10.78 years 4.22 years Portugal
1990s 7.93 years 15.04 years 7.11 years Portugal
2000s 9.54 years 16.11 years 6.57 years Portugal
2010s 10.94 years 16.47 years 5.54 years Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Arab World or Portugal?
Portugal, at 16.76 years against 11.48 years in Arab World as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Arab World and Portugal?
5.28 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Arab World and Portugal?
37 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Arab World and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Arab World ranks 32nd and Portugal ranks 32nd of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Arab World vs Portugal: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-female-years/arab-world/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-female-years/arab-world/portugal/">Arab World vs Portugal: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.