Korea vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Korea
15.98 years
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
8.85 years
in 2017
Korea rank
45th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
42nd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Korea
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Korea currently reports 15.98 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 7.13 years.

That makes Korea's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.

Korea ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 9.16 years 4.09 years 5.07 years Korea
1980s 12.09 years 5.46 years 6.63 years Korea
1990s 13.77 years 5.61 years 8.16 years Korea
2000s 15.29 years 7.22 years 8.08 years Korea
2010s 15.94 years 8.74 years 7.2 years Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Korea or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Korea, at 15.98 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Korea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
7.13 years, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
46 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Korea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Korea ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd 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.