School Life Expectancy, 1999

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School Life Expectancy, 1999: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years)	Female	Male
1	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	16.7842	17.4350	16.156
2	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	15.8025	16.5516	15.096
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	15.6474	—	—
4	ArgentinaARGSouth America	15.1031	16.0226	14.217
5	UruguayURYSouth America	14.2821	15.1417	13.447
6	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	14.2721	14.8946	13.663
7	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	13.2665	13.9781	12.640
8	TongaTONPolynesia	13.2568	13.4002	13.116
9	PeruPERSouth America	12.9808	—	—
10	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	12.5895	—	—
11	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	12.5455	12.4500	12.636
12	UkraineUKREastern Europe	12.5174	12.8304	12.224
13	ArubaABWCaribbean	12.5173	12.5705	12.467
14	QatarQATWestern Asia	12.4558	14.3029	11.234
15	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	12.2890	—	—
16	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	12.2255	13.2256	11.395
17	CubaCUBCaribbean	12.1997	12.4641	11.950
18	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	12.0917	11.8128	12.378
19	PanamaPANCentral America	12.0718	12.5710	11.589
20	SamoaWSMPolynesia	12.0329	12.1508	11.934
21	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	11.9967	11.9454	12.047
22	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	11.9773	11.9434	12.023
23	ParaguayPRYSouth America	11.9543	12.0345	11.877
24	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	11.9111	11.8677	11.955
25	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	11.8673	12.6948	11.236

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 10.7697. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  HighestIceland17.4350

  LowestBurkina Faso2.6144

  Middle country: 10.5920

• Male

  HighestIceland16.156

  LowestBurkina Faso3.897

  Middle country: 11.045

• +36 / −17countries joined / left
• 34values changed, of 34 in both
• 29 · 5rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Aruba+ Argentina+ Armenia+ Benin+ Burkina Faso+ Barbados+ Brunei+ Bhutan+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Cameroon+ Comoros+ Cayman Islands+ Egypt+ Gabon+ Ghana+ Iraq+ Jamaica+ Kazakhstan+ Lebanon+ Liberia+ Mauritius+ Nigeria+ Palestine+ Rwanda+ Senegal+ El Salvador+ Eswatini+ Tonga+ Ukraine+ Uruguay+ Uzbekistan+ British Virgin Islands+ Vanuatu+ Samoa+ Yemen+ Zimbabwe− Bahamas− Belarus− China− DR Congo− Gambia− Guatemala− India− Myanmar− Nicaragua− Nepal− Oman− Papua New Guinea− Syria− Togo− Thailand− Tanzania− Uganda

Changes 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.

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