Barbados vs Sub-Saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Barbados
16.69 years
in 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
8.85 years
in 2017
Barbados rank
36th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
40th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Barbados
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 16.69 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 7.84 years.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 40th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 10.81 years 3.72 years 7.08 years Barbados
1980s 12.75 years 5.49 years 7.25 years Barbados
1990s 13.64 years 5.68 years 7.96 years Barbados
2000s 15.84 years 7.14 years 8.71 years Barbados
2010s 16.76 years 8.44 years 8.33 years Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Barbados or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Barbados, at 16.69 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2011.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa?
7.84 years, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa?
16 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.
How do Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Barbados ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 40th 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.