Barbados vs Italy: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Barbados
16.69 years
in 2011
Italy
16.48 years
in 2018
Barbados rank
36th
Italy rank
37th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Barbados
  • Italy
051015197119942018

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 16.69 years against 16.48 years in Italy, a difference of 0.21 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 36th and Italy ranks 37th of 175 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Italy Difference Ahead
1970s 10.81 years 10.79 years 0.0178 years Barbados
1980s 12.75 years 12.11 years 0.6332 years Barbados
1990s 13.64 years 13.99 years 0.3498 years Italy
2000s 15.84 years 16.15 years 0.3011 years Italy
2010s 16.76 years 17.09 years 0.3272 years Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Barbados or Italy?
Barbados, at 16.69 years against 16.48 years in Italy as of 2011.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Barbados and Italy?
0.21 years, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Italy?
16 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.
How do Barbados and Italy rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Barbados ranks 36th and Italy ranks 37th 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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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.