Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Turkey: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
15.4 years
in 2019
Turkey
18.7 years
in 2018
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
8th
Turkey rank
5th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Turkey
05101520197119952019

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 18.7 years against 15.4 years in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 3.3 years.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Turkey ranks 5th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Turkey in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Turkey Difference Ahead
1990s 11.55 years 11.16 years 0.3961 years Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2000s 12.92 years 13.19 years 0.2692 years Turkey
2010s 14.57 years 16.91 years 2.34 years Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Turkey?
Turkey, at 18.7 years against 15.4 years in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Turkey?
3.3 years, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Turkey?
23 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2018.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Turkey rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Turkey ranks 5th 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, 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.