Iceland vs Post-demographic dividend: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Iceland
20.21 years
in 2018
Post-demographic dividend
16.78 years
in 2019
Iceland rank
6th
Post-demographic dividend rank
4th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Iceland
  • Post-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 20.21 years against 16.78 years in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 3.43 years.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Post-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 6th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th of 175 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 4 and Post-demographic dividend in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1970s 11.68 years 11.69 years 0.0092 years Post-demographic dividend
1980s 13.43 years 13.29 years 0.1456 years Iceland
1990s 16.4 years 15 years 1.4 years Iceland
2000s 19.05 years 15.79 years 3.26 years Iceland
2010s 20.23 years 16.6 years 3.64 years Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Iceland or Post-demographic dividend?
Iceland, at 20.21 years against 16.78 years in Post-demographic dividend as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Iceland and Post-demographic dividend?
3.43 years, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Post-demographic dividend?
33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Iceland and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Iceland ranks 6th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th 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.