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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
13.02 years
in 2018
Turkey
17.61 years
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
21st
Turkey rank
19th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Turkey
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How they compare

Turkey currently reports 17.61 years against 13.02 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 4.59 years.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Turkey ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 21st and Turkey ranks 19th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Turkey Difference Ahead
1970s 5.41 years 6 years 0.5826 years Turkey
1980s 7.68 years 7.23 years 0.4527 years Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
1990s 8.78 years 8.33 years 0.4486 years Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2000s 10.96 years 11.24 years 0.2805 years Turkey
2010s 12.53 years 15.78 years 3.26 years Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Turkey?
Turkey, at 17.61 years against 13.02 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Turkey?
4.59 years, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Turkey?
40 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Turkey rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 21st and Turkey ranks 19th 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.