East Asia & Pacific vs Türkiye: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

East Asia & Pacific
14 years
in 2019
Türkiye
17.61 years
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific rank
16th
Türkiye rank
19th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • East Asia & Pacific
  • Türkiye
57.51012.51517.5197119952019

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 17.61 years against 14 years in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 3.61 years.

That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.3 times East Asia & Pacific's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1976 it was East Asia & Pacific ahead.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 16th and Türkiye ranks 19th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific averaged higher in 3 and Türkiye in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific Türkiye Difference Ahead
1970s 7.81 years 6.21 years 1.59 years East Asia & Pacific
1980s 8.18 years 7.23 years 0.9539 years East Asia & Pacific
1990s 8.97 years 8.33 years 0.6302 years East Asia & Pacific
2000s 11.16 years 11.24 years 0.0795 years Türkiye
2010s 13.05 years 15.78 years 2.73 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 or Türkiye?
Türkiye, at 17.61 years against 14 years in East Asia & Pacific as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between East Asia & Pacific and Türkiye?
3.61 years, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Türkiye?
36 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Türkiye rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
East Asia & Pacific ranks 16th 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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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.