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

Ireland
20.23 years
in 2018
Post-demographic dividend
16.78 years
in 2019
Ireland rank
5th
Post-demographic dividend rank
4th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Ireland
  • Post-demographic dividend
05101520197119952019

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 20.23 years against 16.78 years in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 3.45 years.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 46 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.

Ireland ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th of 175 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Post-demographic dividend in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1970s 11.54 years 11.69 years 0.1488 years Post-demographic dividend
1980s 12.17 years 13.16 years 0.9837 years Post-demographic dividend
1990s 13.87 years 14.76 years 0.8912 years Post-demographic dividend
2000s 17.29 years 15.79 years 1.5 years Ireland
2010s 18.58 years 16.59 years 1.98 years Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Ireland or Post-demographic dividend?
Ireland, at 20.23 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 Ireland and Post-demographic dividend?
3.45 years, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Post-demographic dividend?
46 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Ireland and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Ireland ranks 5th 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.