Denmark vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male

Denmark
18.17 years
in 2018
Upper middle income
14.13 years
in 2019
Denmark rank
10th
Upper middle income rank
13th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time

  • Denmark
  • Upper middle income
05101520197519972019

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 18.17 years against 14.13 years in Upper middle income, a difference of 4.04 years.

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

Across all 39 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 13th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 13.36 years 10.02 years 3.34 years Denmark
1980s 13.62 years 10.18 years 3.44 years Denmark
1990s 14.7 years 10.56 years 4.14 years Denmark
2000s 16.03 years 11.92 years 4.11 years Denmark
2010s 18.02 years 13.45 years 4.57 years Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male, Denmark or Upper middle income?
Denmark, at 18.17 years against 14.13 years in Upper middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Denmark and Upper middle income?
4.04 years, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Upper middle income?
39 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2018.
How do Denmark and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Denmark ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 13th 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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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.