New Zealand vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time
- New Zealand
- Upper middle income
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 17.86 years against 14.13 years in Upper middle income, a difference of 3.73 years.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.3 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 12th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 175 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.76 years | 9.71 years | 4.05 years | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 13.93 years | 10.18 years | 3.76 years | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 15.61 years | 10.49 years | 5.12 years | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 17.81 years | 13.69 years | 4.13 years | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male, New Zealand or Upper middle income?
- New Zealand, at 17.86 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 New Zealand and Upper middle income?
- 3.73 years, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Upper middle income?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2018.
- How do New Zealand and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- New Zealand ranks 12th and Upper middle income ranks 14th 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
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.