IDA blend vs Saudi Arabia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

IDA blend
8.56 years
in 2019
Saudi Arabia
16.01 years
in 2019
IDA blend rank
43rd
Saudi Arabia rank
44th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • IDA blend
  • Saudi Arabia
51015197019942019

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 16.01 years against 8.56 years in IDA blend, a difference of 7.45 years.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.9 times IDA blend's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1979 it was IDA blend ahead.

IDA blend ranks 43rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 44th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, IDA blend averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade IDA blend Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 4.97 years 4.19 years 0.7869 years IDA blend
2000s 7.49 years 13.09 years 5.6 years Saudi Arabia
2010s 8.46 years 15.82 years 7.36 years Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, IDA blend or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 16.01 years against 8.56 years in IDA blend as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between IDA blend and Saudi Arabia?
7.45 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Saudi Arabia?
7 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2019.
How do IDA blend and Saudi Arabia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
IDA blend ranks 43rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 44th 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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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.