Canada vs Portugal: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Canada
16.72 years
in 2018
Portugal
16.76 years
in 2018
Canada rank
34th
Portugal rank
32nd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Canada
  • Portugal
05101520197119942018

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 16.76 years against 16.72 years in Canada, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 34th and Portugal ranks 32nd of 175 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 13.57 years 10.42 years 3.15 years Canada
1990s 17.04 years 15.04 years 2.01 years Canada
2000s 15.79 years 16.14 years 0.3532 years Portugal
2010s 16.25 years 16.47 years 0.2227 years Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Canada or Portugal?
Portugal, at 16.76 years against 16.72 years in Canada as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Canada and Portugal?
0.04 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Portugal?
21 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do Canada and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Canada ranks 34th and Portugal ranks 32nd 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.