East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Norway: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
13.91 years
in 2019
Norway
18.82 years
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
17th
Norway rank
14th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Norway
05101520197119952019

How they compare

Norway currently reports 18.82 years against 13.91 years in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 4.91 years.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.4 times East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th and Norway ranks 14th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) Norway Difference Ahead
1970s 7.49 years 12.44 years 4.95 years Norway
1980s 7.69 years 13.31 years 5.62 years Norway
1990s 8.79 years 15.8 years 7.01 years Norway
2000s 10.8 years 18.12 years 7.32 years Norway
2010s 12.88 years 18.46 years 5.58 years Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Norway?
Norway, at 18.82 years against 13.91 years in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Norway?
4.91 years, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Norway?
44 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Norway rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th and Norway ranks 14th 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.