Macao vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Macao
17.12 years
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
13.02 years
in 2018
Macao rank
21st
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
21st

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Macao
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
51015197019942019

How they compare

Macao currently reports 17.12 years against 13.02 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 4.1 years.

That makes Macao's figure about 1.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

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

Macao ranks 21st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 21st of 175 countries.

Macao has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Macao Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Difference Ahead
1990s 11.93 years 8.72 years 3.21 years Macao
2000s 13.02 years 10.85 years 2.17 years Macao
2010s 14.65 years 12.53 years 2.12 years Macao

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Macao or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Macao, at 17.12 years against 13.02 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Macao and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
4.1 years, with Macao ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
23 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
How do Macao and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Macao ranks 21st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 21st 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.