Chile vs World: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male

Chile
16.34 years
in 2018
World
12.34 years
in 2019
Chile rank
23rd
World rank
2nd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time

  • Chile
  • World
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 16.34 years against 12.34 years in World, a difference of 4 years.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.3 times World's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Chile has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 23rd and World ranks 2nd of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile World Difference Ahead
1970s 11.29 years 8.96 years 2.33 years Chile
1980s 11.62 years 9.54 years 2.08 years Chile
1990s 12.48 years 9.98 years 2.49 years Chile
2000s 14.26 years 10.88 years 3.38 years Chile
2010s 15.83 years 12.05 years 3.78 years Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male, Chile or World?
Chile, at 16.34 years against 12.34 years in World as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Chile and World?
4 years, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and World?
34 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Chile and World rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Chile ranks 23rd and World ranks 2nd 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, male (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, male (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.