Europe & Central Asia vs Greece: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Europe & Central Asia
16.26 years
in 2019
Greece
19.46 years
in 2018
Europe & Central Asia rank
7th
Greece rank
8th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Europe & Central Asia
  • Greece
05101520197019942019

How they compare

Greece currently reports 19.46 years against 16.26 years in Europe & Central Asia, a difference of 3.2 years.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.2 times Europe & Central Asia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Europe & Central Asia ahead.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 7th and Greece ranks 8th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Europe & Central Asia averaged higher in 2 and Greece in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia Greece Difference Ahead
1970s 11.72 years 10.5 years 1.22 years Europe & Central Asia
1980s 12.27 years 11.94 years 0.331 years Europe & Central Asia
1990s 12.94 years 13.1 years 0.1523 years Greece
2000s 14.33 years 15.53 years 1.21 years Greece
2010s 15.74 years 17.88 years 2.14 years Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Europe & Central Asia or Greece?
Greece, at 19.46 years against 16.26 years in Europe & Central Asia as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Europe & Central Asia and Greece?
3.2 years, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Greece?
44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Greece rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Europe & Central Asia ranks 7th and Greece ranks 8th 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.