Data for 1973
School Life Expectancy, 1973
Figures for 1973, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
School Life Expectancy, 1973 covers 62 countries on 3 measures. Barbados is highest, at 11.705; Niger is lowest, at 0.817. The middle country reads 6.821. Against 1972, 52 values changed (41 up, 11 down), 10 countries joined, 9 left.
School Life Expectancy · Data for 1973
HighestBarbados
11.705
LowestNiger
0.817Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of School Life Expectancy, 1973, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 62 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 11.705 | 11.78 | 11.63 |
| 2 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 10.888 | 10.92 | 10.86 |
| 3 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 10.838 | 10.73 | 10.94 |
| 4 |  JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 10.444 | 10.51 | 10.37 |
| 5 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | 10.433 | 10.11 | 10.75 |
| 6 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 10.165 | 10.17 | 10.16 |
| 7 |  PeruPERSouth America | 9.729 | — | — |
| 8 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 9.671 | 9.49 | 9.85 |
| 9 |  CubaCUBCaribbean | 9.567 | 9.33 | 9.80 |
| 10 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia | 9.444 | — | — |
| 11 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 9.249 | 8.04 | 10.40 |
| 12 |  GabonGABMiddle Africa | 9.149 | 8.32 | 10.00 |
| 13 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 9.062 | 8.76 | 9.35 |
| 14 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 8.544 | — | — |
| 15 |  BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 8.539 | 8.24 | 8.78 |
| 16 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 8.507 | — | — |
| 17 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 8.406 | — | — |
| 18 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 8.374 | — | — |
| 19 |  SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 8.344 | 5.81 | 10.77 |
| 20 |  LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 8.318 | 6.17 | 9.94 |
| 21 |  KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 8.076 | 7.81 | 8.30 |
| 22 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 7.890 | — | — |
| 23 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 7.710 | — | — |
| 24 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 7.661 | — | — |
| 25 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 7.660 | — | — |
| 26 |  ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 7.576 | — | — |
| 27 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 7.388 | 5.47 | 9.26 |
| 28 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 7.224 | 8.46 | 6.01 |
| 29 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 6.926 | 6.63 | 7.22 |
| 30 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 6.838 | — | — |
| 31 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 6.824 | 5.00 | 8.56 |
| 32 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | 6.819 | 3.96 | 9.60 |
| 33 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 6.780 | 5.54 | 7.92 |
| 34 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 6.531 | — | — |
| 35 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 6.441 | — | — |
| 36 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 6.402 | 5.34 | 7.47 |
| 37 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 6.254 | 4.57 | 7.82 |
| 38 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 6.130 | 5.17 | 7.06 |
| 39 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 6.121 | 4.38 | 7.74 |
| 40 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 6.005 | 6.31 | 5.74 |
| 41 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 5.778 | — | — |
| 42 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | 5.657 | 5.62 | 5.70 |
| 43 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 5.525 | — | — |
| 44 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 5.446 | — | — |
| 45 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 5.068 | — | — |
| 46 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 4.994 | 3.09 | 6.92 |
| 47 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 4.366 | 3.85 | 4.87 |
| 48 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 4.323 | 2.92 | 5.76 |
| 49 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 4.043 | 3.27 | 4.80 |
| 50 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 3.950 | — | — |
| 51 |  MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 3.771 | — | — |
| 52 |  Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | 3.678 | — | — |
| 53 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 3.550 | 1.93 | 5.07 |
| 54 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 3.155 | 2.49 | 3.83 |
| 55 |  Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 3.134 | 2.29 | 3.99 |
| 56 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 2.785 | 1.96 | 3.58 |
| 57 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 2.717 | 0.77 | 4.61 |
| 58 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 2.708 | 1.69 | 3.73 |
| 59 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 1.536 | 1.08 | 2.00 |
| 60 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 1.282 | — | — |
| 61 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 0.899 | 0.65 | 1.15 |
| 62 | NigerNERWestern Africa | 0.817 | 0.56 | 1.06 |
02In 1973
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- 62Niger0.817
- 61Burkina Faso0.899
- 60Ethiopia1.282
- 59Burundi1.536
- 58Benin2.708
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6.821. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
031972 → 1973
Since 1972
What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +10 / −9countries joined / left
- 52values changed, of 52 in both
- 41 · 11rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
- Tunisia7.967 → 7.388−0.579
- Burundi2.002 → 1.536−0.466
- DR Congo6.864 → 6.531−0.333
- Trinidad and Tobago10.339 → 10.165−0.174
- Bahrain8.703 → 8.539−0.164
+ Bangladesh+ China+ Ghana+ India+ Jamaica+ Sri Lanka+ Mozambique+ Malawi+ El Salvador+ Samoa
− Bolivia
− Iceland
− Cambodia
− Liberia
− Madagascar
− Senegal
− Somalia
− Chad
− United StatesChanges in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
44 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1973). School Life Expectancy, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/school-life-expectancy/1973
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07Questions
School Life Expectancy, 1973: questions and answers
Which country has the highest school life expectancy in School Life Expectancy, 1973?
Barbados, at 11.705, of the 62 countries in the file.
What year does School Life Expectancy, 1973 describe?
1973.
How many countries does School Life Expectancy, 1973 cover?
62.
Where can I download School Life Expectancy, 1973?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is School Life Expectancy, 1973 the newest?
No. The newest held here is School Life Expectancy, 2024.