Malta vs Middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Malta
17.05 years
in 2018
Middle income
12.5 years
in 2019
Malta rank
23rd
Middle income rank
23rd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Malta
  • Middle income
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 17.05 years against 12.5 years in Middle income, a difference of 4.55 years.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.4 times Middle income's.

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

Malta ranks 23rd and Middle income ranks 23rd of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 10.69 years 6.78 years 3.91 years Malta
1980s 11.58 years 7.58 years 4 years Malta
1990s 13.05 years 8.47 years 4.59 years Malta
2000s 14.51 years 9.93 years 4.57 years Malta
2010s 15.97 years 12.01 years 3.95 years Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Malta or Middle income?
Malta, at 17.05 years against 12.5 years in Middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Malta and Middle income?
4.55 years, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Middle income?
46 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do Malta and Middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Malta ranks 23rd and Middle income ranks 23rd 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.