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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.

Afghanistan

total: 10 years

male: 13 years

female: 8 years (2018)

Albania

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Antigua and Barbuda

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2012)

Argentina

total: 18 years

male: 17 years

female: 20 years (2020)

Armenia

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2021)

Aruba

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2012)

Australia

total: 21 years

male: 20 years

female: 22 years (2020)

Austria

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2020)

Azerbaijan

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2021)

Bahrain

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2019)

Bangladesh

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2020)

Belarus

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2021)

Belgium

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 20 years (2020)

Belize

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2021)

Benin

total: 11 years

male: 12 years

female: 10 years (2020)

Bermuda

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2015)

Bhutan

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 13 years (2018)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2014)

Botswana

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2021)

Brazil

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 16 years (2020)

British Virgin Islands

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2018)

Brunei

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 14 years (2020)

Bulgaria

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2020)

Burkina Faso

total: 9 years

male: 9 years

female: 9 years (2020)

Burma

total: 11 years

male: 10 years

female: 11 years (2018)

Burundi

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 11 years (2018)

Cabo Verde

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2018)

Cameroon

total: 12 years

male: 13 years

female: 11 years (2016)

Canada

total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Central African Republic

total: 7 years

male: 8 years

female: 6 years (2012)

Chad

total: 7 years

male: 9 years

female: 6 years (2015)

Chile

total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

China

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 14 years (2015)

Colombia

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Comoros

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 11 years (2014)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

total: 11 years

male: 10 years

female: 9 years (2013)

Congo, Republic of the

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 11 years (2012)

Cook Islands

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 14 years (2012)

Costa Rica

total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2019)

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 10 years (2020)

Croatia

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2020)

Cuba

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 15 years (2021)

Curacao

total: 17 years

male: 18 years

female: 18 years (2013)

Cyprus

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2020)

Czechia

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Denmark

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

Djibouti

total: 7 years

male: 7 years

female: 7 years (2011)

Dominican Republic

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 15 years (2017)

Ecuador

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Egypt

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 14 years (2018)

El Salvador

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2018)

Eritrea

total: 8 years

male: 8 years

female: 7 years (2015)

Estonia

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Eswatini

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 12 years (2013)

Ethiopia

total: 9 years

male: 8 years

female: 8 years (2012)

Finland

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 20 years (2020)

France

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2020)

Gaza Strip

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 14 years (2021)

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Georgia

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2021)

Germany

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Ghana

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2020)

Greece

total: 20 years

male: 20 years

female: 20 years (2020)

Grenada

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2018)

Guatemala

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 10 years (2019)

Guinea

total: 9 years

male: 10 years

female: 8 years (2014)

Guyana

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 12 years (2012)

Honduras

total: 10 years

male: 10 years

female: 11 years (2019)

Hong Kong

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 17 years (2021)

Hungary

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Iceland

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 21 years (2020)

India

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2020)

Indonesia

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 14 years (2018)

Iran

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Ireland

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

Israel

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Italy

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Jamaica

total: 12 years

male: 11 years

female: 13 years (2015)

Japan

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2019)

Jordan

total: 11 years

male: 10 years

female: 11 years (2020)

Kazakhstan

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 16 years (2020)

Korea, North

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 11 years (2015)

Korea, South

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 16 years (2020)

Kuwait

total: 15 years

male: 13 years

female: 16 years (2015)

Kyrgyzstan

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2021)

Laos

total: 10 years

male: 10 years

female: 10 years (2020)

Latvia

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Lebanon

total: 11 years

male: 12 years

female: 11 years (2014)

Lesotho

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2017)

Liechtenstein

total: 15 years

male: 16 years

female: 14 years (2020)

Lithuania

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Luxembourg

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Macau

total: 18 years

male: 17 years

female: 19 years (2021)

Madagascar

total: 10 years

male: 10 years

female: 10 years (2018)

Malawi

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 11 years (2011)

Malaysia

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2020)

Maldives

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 14 years (2019)

Mali

total: 7 years

male: 8 years

female: 7 years (2017)

Malta

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 18 years (2020)

Marshall Islands

total: 10 years

male: 10 years

female: 10 years (2019)

Mauritania

total: 9 years

male: 8 years

female: 9 years (2020)

Mauritius

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2017)

Mexico

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Moldova

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2021)

Mongolia

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2019)

Montenegro

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 16 years (2021)

Montserrat

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 15 years (2019)

Morocco

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 14 years (2021)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

total: 10 years

male: 10 years

female: 9 years (2017)

Nepal

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 13 years (2020)

Netherlands

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

New Zealand

total: 20 years

male: 20 years

female: 21 years (2020)

Niger

total: 6 years

male: 7 years

female: 6 years (2017)

North Macedonia

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2020)

Norway

total: 18 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

Oman

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2021)

Pakistan

total: 9 years

male: 9 years

female: 8 years (2019)

Palau

total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2013)

Panama

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2016)

Peru

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2017)

Philippines

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 13 years (2020)

Poland

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Portugal

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Puerto Rico

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 18 years (2018)

Qatar

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 15 years (2021)

Romania

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Russia

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2019)

Rwanda

total: 11 years

male: 11 years

female: 11 years (2019)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 19 years (2015)

Saint Lucia

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2020)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2015)

San Marino

total: 12 years

male: 13 years

female: 12 years (2021)

Sao Tome and Principe

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2015)

Saudi Arabia

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 16 years (2021)

Senegal

total: 9 years

male: 8 years

female: 10 years (2021)

Serbia

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2021)

Seychelles

total: 15 years

male: 13 years

female: 16 years (2021)

Singapore

total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Sint Maarten

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2014)

Slovakia

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Slovenia

total: 18 years

male: 17 years

female: 18 years (2020)

South Africa

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2020)

Spain

total: 18 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

Sri Lanka

total: 14 years

male: 14 years

female: 14 years (2018)

Sudan

total: 8 years

male: 8 years

female: 7 years (2015)

Sweden

total: 20 years

male: 18 years

female: 21 years (2020)

Switzerland

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Syria

total: 9 years

male: 9 years

female: 9 years (2013)

Tajikistan

total: 11 years

male: 12 years

female: 11 years (2013)

Tanzania

total: 9 years

male: 9 years

female: 9 years (2021)

Thailand

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 16 years (2016)

Togo

total: 13 years

male: 14 years

female: 12 years (2017)

Tonga

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Tunisia

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2016)

Turkey (Turkiye)

total: 18 years

male: 19 years

female: 18 years (2020)

Turkmenistan

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 13 years (2020)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total: 9 years

male: NA

female: (2015) NA

Ukraine

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2014)

United Arab Emirates

total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 17 years (2020)

United Kingdom

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 18 years (2020)

United States

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Uruguay

total: 19 years

male: 17 years

female: 20 years (2019)

Uzbekistan

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2021)

West Bank

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 14 years (2021)

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

World

total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 13 years (2020)

Zimbabwe

total: 11 years

male: 12 years

female: 11 years (2013)