Sub-Saharan Africa vs Uruguay: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Sub-Saharan Africa
8.85 years
in 2017
Uruguay
16.27 years
in 2006
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
40th
Uruguay rank
40th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 16.27 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 7.42 years.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 40th and Uruguay ranks 40th of 45 groups.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 4.92 years 10.98 years 6.06 years Uruguay
1990s 5.95 years 14.92 years 8.97 years Uruguay
2000s 6.89 years 16.03 years 9.14 years Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Sub-Saharan Africa or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 16.27 years against 8.85 years in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2006.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Sub-Saharan Africa and Uruguay?
7.42 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Uruguay?
10 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2006.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Uruguay rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 40th and Uruguay ranks 40th 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.