Saudi Arabia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Saudi Arabia
16.01 years
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
8.85 years
in 2017
Saudi Arabia rank
44th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
42nd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 16.01 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 7.16 years.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 175 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 2 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Saudi Arabia Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 4.19 years 4.91 years 0.725 years Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 13.09 years 7.8 years 5.29 years Saudi Arabia
2010s 15.75 years 8.83 years 6.91 years Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Saudi Arabia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Saudi Arabia, at 16.01 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Saudi Arabia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
7.16 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
5 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2017.
How do Saudi Arabia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Saudi Arabia ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd 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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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.