France vs Pre-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

France
16.14 years
in 2018
Pre-demographic dividend
8.49 years
in 2017
France rank
41st
Pre-demographic dividend rank
44th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • France
  • Pre-demographic dividend
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How they compare

France currently reports 16.14 years against 8.49 years in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 7.65 years.

That makes France's figure about 1.9 times Pre-demographic dividend's.

Across all 37 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

France ranks 41st and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 44th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade France Pre-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1970s 12.69 years 4.81 years 7.87 years France
1980s 13.34 years 5.23 years 8.11 years France
1990s 15.41 years 5.22 years 10.19 years France
2000s 15.18 years 6.93 years 8.25 years France
2010s 15.7 years 8.41 years 7.29 years France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, France or Pre-demographic dividend?
France, at 16.14 years against 8.49 years in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between France and Pre-demographic dividend?
7.65 years, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Pre-demographic dividend?
37 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2017.
How do France and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
France ranks 41st and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 44th of 175 countries.
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.