Caribbean Small States vs Macau, China: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Caribbean Small States
13.31 years
in 2016
Macau, China
17.12 years
in 2019
Caribbean Small States rank
20th
Macau, China rank
21st

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Caribbean Small States
  • Macau, China
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How they compare

Macau, China currently reports 17.12 years against 13.31 years in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 3.81 years.

That makes Macau, China's figure about 1.3 times Caribbean Small States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Caribbean Small States ahead.

Caribbean Small States ranks 20th and Macau, China ranks 21st of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Caribbean Small States averaged higher in 1 and Macau, China in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Caribbean Small States Macau, China Difference Ahead
1990s 11.97 years 11.93 years 0.0335 years Caribbean Small States
2000s 12.82 years 13.02 years 0.205 years Macau, China
2010s 13.37 years 14.16 years 0.7873 years Macau, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Caribbean Small States or Macau, China?
Macau, China, at 17.12 years against 13.31 years in Caribbean Small States as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Caribbean Small States and Macau, China?
3.81 years, with Macau, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Macau, China?
21 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2016.
How do Caribbean Small States and Macau, China rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Caribbean Small States ranks 20th and Macau, China ranks 21st 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.

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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.