Netherlands vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Netherlands
18.85 years
in 2018
Upper middle income
14.61 years
in 2019
Netherlands rank
13th
Upper middle income rank
14th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Netherlands
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 18.85 years against 14.61 years in Upper middle income, a difference of 4.24 years.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.3 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 13th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 12.02 years 8.45 years 3.56 years Netherlands
1980s 13.31 years 9.05 years 4.25 years Netherlands
1990s 15.69 years 9.94 years 5.76 years Netherlands
2000s 16.46 years 11.83 years 4.64 years Netherlands
2010s 18.18 years 13.77 years 4.41 years Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Netherlands or Upper middle income?
Netherlands, at 18.85 years against 14.61 years in Upper middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Netherlands and Upper middle income?
4.24 years, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Upper middle income?
42 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2018.
How do Netherlands and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Netherlands ranks 13th and Upper middle income ranks 14th 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.