Post-demographic dividend vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Post-demographic dividend
16.78 years
in 2019
Sweden
20.71 years
in 2018
Post-demographic dividend rank
4th
Sweden rank
2nd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Post-demographic dividend
  • Sweden
05101520197119952019

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 20.71 years against 16.78 years in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 3.93 years.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Post-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sweden ahead.

Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 2nd of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Post-demographic dividend averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Post-demographic dividend Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 11.69 years 12.1 years 0.4081 years Sweden
1980s 13.37 years 12.98 years 0.3921 years Post-demographic dividend
1990s 14.76 years 16.45 years 1.69 years Sweden
2000s 15.79 years 18.09 years 2.3 years Sweden
2010s 16.6 years 18.86 years 2.27 years Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Post-demographic dividend or Sweden?
Sweden, at 20.71 years against 16.78 years in Post-demographic dividend as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Post-demographic dividend and Sweden?
3.93 years, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Post-demographic dividend and Sweden?
43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Post-demographic dividend and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 2nd 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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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.