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

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
13.91 years
in 2019
Türkiye
17.61 years
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
17th
Türkiye rank
19th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Türkiye
57.51012.51517.5197119952019

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 17.61 years against 13.91 years in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 3.7 years.

That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.3 times East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1976 it was East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th and Türkiye ranks 19th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 3 and Türkiye in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) Türkiye Difference Ahead
1970s 7.61 years 6.21 years 1.39 years East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s 7.88 years 7.23 years 0.6549 years East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 8.72 years 8.33 years 0.3809 years East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s 10.91 years 11.24 years 0.3278 years Türkiye
2010s 12.88 years 15.78 years 2.9 years Türkiye

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 Türkiye?
Türkiye, at 17.61 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 Türkiye?
3.7 years, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Türkiye?
36 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Türkiye rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th and Türkiye ranks 19th 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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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.