School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Tunisia

Tunisia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 16.02 years in 2016. β–² Rising

Latest (2016)
16.02 years
World rank
43rd
of 175 countries
All-time high
16.02 years
in 2016
All-time low
5.32 years
in 1974
Years of data
39
1971–2016

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Tunisia, 1971–2016

57.51012.5151971199320161971: 6 years1972: 5.8 years1973: 5.5 years1974: 5.3 years1975: 5.6 years1976: 5.7 years1977: 6 years1978: 6.3 years1979: 6.4 years1980: 6.6 years1981: 6.8 years1982: 7.2 years1983: 7.7 years1984: 8.1 years1985: 8.5 years1986: 8.8 years1987: 8.9 years1988: 9 years1989: 9.2 years1990: 9.5 years1991: 9.7 years1992: 9.9 years1993: 10.2 years1994: 10.7 years1995: 11 years1996: 11.3 years1997: 11.4 years1999: 12.6 years2000: 13 years2001: 13.4 years2002: 13.6 years2003: 13.8 years2005: 14.6 years2006: 14.8 years2008: 15 years2009: 15 years2010: 15.2 years2011: 15.3 years2016: 16 years

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Tunisia is 16.02 years, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Tunisia peaked at 16.02 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5.32 years, in 1974.

That places Tunisia 43rd out of 175 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 5.84 years 5.32 years 6.45 years 9
1980s 8.09 years 6.63 years 9.22 years 10
1990s 10.68 years 9.47 years 12.59 years 9
2000s 14.15 years 13.03 years 15.05 years 8
2010s 15.5 years 15.18 years 16.02 years 3

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 40 Uruguay 16.27 years compare
  2. 41 France 16.14 years compare
  3. 42 Kuwait 16.07 years compare
  4. 44 Saudi Arabia 16.01 years compare
  5. 45 Republic of Korea 15.98 years compare
  6. 46 Kazakhstan 15.97 years compare

See the full ranking of 220 places β†’

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All data for Tunisia β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Tunisia?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Tunisia was 16.02 years in 2016, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 16.02 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 5.32 years in 1974.
How does Tunisia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Tunisia ranks 43rd out of 175 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia data come from?
The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (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.