Portugal vs Slovenia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male

Portugal
16.68 years
in 2018
Slovenia
16.88 years
in 2018
Portugal rank
20th
Slovenia rank
18th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time

  • Portugal
  • Slovenia
051015197119942018

How they compare

Slovenia currently reports 16.88 years against 16.68 years in Portugal, a difference of 0.2 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 20th and Slovenia ranks 18th of 175 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 1 and Slovenia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Slovenia Difference Ahead
1990s 14.73 years 12.65 years 2.09 years Portugal
2000s 15.35 years 15.72 years 0.3721 years Slovenia
2010s 16.42 years 16.57 years 0.1534 years Slovenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male, Portugal or Slovenia?
Slovenia, at 16.88 years against 16.68 years in Portugal as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Portugal and Slovenia?
0.2 years, with Slovenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Slovenia?
25 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2018.
How do Portugal and Slovenia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Portugal ranks 20th and Slovenia ranks 18th 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.