Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Spain: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
15.29 years
in 2019
Spain
18.21 years
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
13th
Spain rank
16th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 18.21 years against 15.29 years in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 2.92 years.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th and Spain ranks 16th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 10.83 years 10.69 years 0.1354 years Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 11.99 years 13.39 years 1.4 years Spain
1990s 12.39 years 15.52 years 3.14 years Spain
2000s 13.4 years 16.27 years 2.86 years Spain
2010s 14.71 years 17.56 years 2.86 years Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Spain?
Spain, at 18.21 years against 15.29 years in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
2.92 years, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th and Spain ranks 16th 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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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.