Kuwait vs Switzerland: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Kuwait
16.07 years
in 2015
Switzerland
16.31 years
in 2018
Kuwait rank
42nd
Switzerland rank
39th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Kuwait
  • Switzerland
051015197119942018

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 16.31 years against 16.07 years in Kuwait, a difference of 0.24 years.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 42nd and Switzerland ranks 39th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Switzerland Difference Ahead
1970s 10.5 years 11.61 years 1.1 years Switzerland
1980s 11.37 years 12.11 years 0.7381 years Switzerland
1990s 10.87 years 13.65 years 2.78 years Switzerland
2000s 14.15 years 14.91 years 0.7625 years Switzerland
2010s 16.07 years 16.15 years 0.0713 years Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Kuwait or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 16.31 years against 16.07 years in Kuwait as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Kuwait and Switzerland?
0.24 years, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Switzerland?
23 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2015.
How do Kuwait and Switzerland rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Kuwait ranks 42nd and Switzerland ranks 39th 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.