School Life Expectancy of the World

Rank (total)	Country	School Life Expectancy (years)	Date
1	Australia	20	2006
2	New Zealand	19	2006
3	Iceland	18	2006
3	Ireland	18	2006
5	British Virgin Islands	17	2005
5	Canada	17	2004
5	Denmark	17	2006
5	Finland	17	2006
5	Greece	17	2006
5	Korea (South)	17	2007
5	Libya	17	2003
5	Norway	17	2006
5	Slovenia	17	2006
14	Belgium	16	2006
14	Cuba	16	2006
14	Estonia	16	2006
14	France	16	2006
14	Germany	16	2006
14	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	16	2006
14	Italy	16	2006
14	Latvia	16	2006
14	Lithuania	16	2006
14	Montserrat	16	2006
14	Netherlands	16	2006
14	Spain	16	2006
14	Sweden	16	2006
14	United States of America	16	2006
28	Argentina	15	2005
28	Austria	15	2006
28	Bahrain	15	2006
28	Belarus	15	2006
28	Czech Republic	15	2006
28	Hungary	15	2006
28	Israel	15	2006
28	Japan	15	2006
28	Kazakhstan	15	2007
28	Liechtenstein	15	2004
28	Macau	15	2006
28	Malta	15	2005
28	Palau	15	2000
28	Poland	15	2006
28	Portugal	15	2006
28	Seychelles	15	2007
28	Slovakia	15	2006
28	Switzerland	15	2006
28	Uruguay	15	2006
47	Aruba	14	2006
47	Brazil	14	2005
47	Brunei	14	2006
47	Bulgaria	14	2006
47	Chile	14	2006
47	Croatia	14	2006
47	Cyprus	14	2006
47	Hong Kong	14	2006
47	Luxembourg	14	2006
47	Mauritius	14	2005
47	Netherlands Antilles	14	2002
47	Palestinian Territories	14	2006
47	Peru	14	2006
47	Romania	14	2006
47	Russia	14	2006
47	Saint Lucia	14	2006
47	Thailand	14	2006
47	Tunisia	14	2006
47	Ukraine	14	2006
66	Algeria	13	2005
66	Barbados	13	2001
66	Belize	13	2004
66	Bermuda	13	2005
66	Cayman Islands	13	2001
66	Dominica	13	2005
66	Fiji Islands	13	2005
66	Guyana	13	2005
66	Iran	13	2005
66	Jordan	13	2006
66	Kuwait	13	2006
66	Lebanon	13	2006
66	Malaysia	13	2005
66	Marshall Islands	13	2003
66	Mexico	13	2006
66	Mongolia	13	2006
66	Panama	13	2006
66	Qatar	13	2006
66	South Africa	13	2004
66	Tonga	13	2004
86	Botswana	12	2005
86	Cape Verde	12	2006
86	Colombia	12	2006
86	Costa Rica	12	2005
86	Dominican Republic	12	2004
86	El Salvador	12	2006
86	Georgia	12	2006
86	Grenada	12	2005
86	Jamaica	12	2003
86	Kiribati	12	2005
86	Kyrgyzstan	12	2006
86	Macedonia	12	2005
86	Maldives	12	2006
86	Moldova	12	2006
86	Niue	12	2005
86	Oman	12	2006
86	Paraguay	12	2005
86	Philippines	12	2006
86	Saint Kitts & Nevis	12	2005
86	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	12	2005
86	Samoa	12	2001
86	Suriname	12	2002
86	Venezuela	12	2003
109	Albania	11	2004
109	Andorra	11	2006
109	Anguilla	11	2006
109	Armenia	11	2006
109	Azerbaijan	11	2006
109	China	11	2006
109	Honduras	11	2004
109	Indonesia	11	2005
109	Namibia	11	2006
109	Nicaragua	11	2003
109	Tajikistan	11	2006
109	Tokelau	11	2004
109	Trinidad & Tobago	11	2005
109	Turkey	11	2006
109	Turks & Caicos Islands	11	2005
109	Tuvalu	11	2001
109	United Arab Emirates	11	2003
109	Uzbekistan	11	2007
127	Bhutan	10	2006
127	Cambodia	10	2006
127	Cook Islands	10	2005
127	Equatorial Guinea	10	2000
127	Guatemala	10	2006
127	India	10	2005
127	Iraq	10	2005
127	Kenya	10	2004
127	Lesotho	10	2006
127	Liberia	10	2000
127	Morocco	10	2005
127	Sao Tome and Principe	10	2006
127	Swaziland	10	2005
127	Uganda	10	2004
127	Vanuatu	10	2004
127	Vietnam	10	2000
143	Cameroon	9	2006
143	Congo (Republic)	9	2003
143	Ghana	9	2007
143	Laos	9	2006
143	Madagascar	9	2006
143	Malawi	9	2004
143	Nepal	9	2003
143	Rwanda	9	2005
143	Togo	9	2000
143	Yemen	9	2005
143	Zimbabwe	9	2003
154	Afghanistan	8	2004
154	Bangladesh	8	2004
154	Comoros	8	2004
154	Ethiopia	8	2007
154	Guinea	8	2006
154	Mauritania	8	2006
154	Mozambique	8	2005
154	Myanmar	8	2001
154	Nauru	8	2006
154	Nigeria	8	2004
154	Solomon Islands	8	2005
165	Benin	7	2001
165	Burundi	7	2006
165	Gambia	7	2004
165	Mali	7	2005
165	Pakistan	7	2006
165	Sierra Leone	7	2001
165	Zambia	7	2000
172	Chad	6	2005
173	Burkina Faso	5	2006
173	Eritrea	5	2004
173	Guinea-Bissau	5	2001
176	Djibouti	4	2006
176	Niger	4	2006
	World	...

For non-listed countries is no information available.

School life expectancy (SLE) is the total number of years of schooling (primary to tertiary) that a child can expect to receive, assuming that the probability of his or her being enrolled in school at any particular future age is equal to the current enrollment ratio at that age. Caution must be maintained when utilizing this indicator in international comparisons. For example, a year or grade completed in one country is not necessarily the same in terms of educational content or quality as a year or grade completed in another country. SLE represents the expected number of years of schooling that will be completed, including years spent repeating one or more grades.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2009-10-02)

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