Hong Kong, China vs Puerto Rico: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Hong Kong, China
17.49 years
in 2019
Puerto Rico
17.99 years
in 2018
Hong Kong, China rank
20th
Puerto Rico rank
17th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Hong Kong, China
  • Puerto Rico
05101520197119952019

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 17.99 years against 17.49 years in Hong Kong, China, a difference of 0.5 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Hong Kong, China ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 17th of 175 countries.

Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Hong Kong, China or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 17.99 years against 17.49 years in Hong Kong, China as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Hong Kong, China and Puerto Rico?
0.5 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Puerto Rico?
6 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2018.
How do Hong Kong, China and Puerto Rico rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Hong Kong, China ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 17th 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.