Argentina vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Argentina
18.91 years
in 2017
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
15.29 years
in 2019
Argentina rank
11th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
13th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Argentina
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 18.91 years against 15.29 years in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 3.62 years.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 11th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 11.11 years 10.77 years 0.3446 years Argentina
1980s 12.37 years 11.95 years 0.4206 years Argentina
1990s 15.69 years 12.9 years 2.79 years Argentina
2000s 16.97 years 13.4 years 3.57 years Argentina
2010s 18.43 years 14.65 years 3.78 years Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Argentina or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Argentina, at 18.91 years against 15.29 years in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Argentina and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
3.62 years, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
36 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Argentina and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Argentina ranks 11th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 175 countries.
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.

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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.