Data for 2022

School Life Expectancy, 2022

Name: School Life Expectancy, 2022
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2022, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

School Life Expectancy, 2022 covers 103 countries on 3 measures. Monaco is highest, at 21.098; Pakistan is lowest, at 7.473. The middle country reads 15.253. Against 2021, 93 values changed (59 up, 34 down), 10 countries joined, 12 left.

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School Life Expectancy · Data for 2022

HighestMonaco

21.098

LowestPakistan

7.473

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

103countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
103distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of School Life Expectancy, 2022, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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School Life Expectancy, 2022: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21.098	21.804	20.423
2	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.856	21.033	20.700
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.655	21.482	19.842
4	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.831	19.738	19.924
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.494	20.658	18.401
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.307	19.743	18.865
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18.996	20.069	17.960
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.991	20.707	17.388
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.851	20.192	17.626
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.813	19.167	18.455
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18.793	19.719	17.917
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.704	19.329	18.100
13	Argentina`ARG`South America	18.657	20.567	16.824
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.898	18.543	17.280
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.804	18.387	17.210
16	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	17.741	17.615	17.876
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.484	18.884	16.120
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17.477	18.398	16.662
19	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	17.436	19.189	15.776
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.315	17.667	16.975
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	17.309	17.357	17.265
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.949	17.868	16.384
23	Chile`CHL`South America	16.912	17.183	16.648
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.794	17.458	16.168
25	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	16.742	16.890	16.638
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.714	17.266	16.204
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	16.678	17.556	15.837
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.668	16.799	16.546
29	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.654	16.793	16.522
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	16.592	16.246	16.904
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.514	17.365	15.683
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	16.483	17.257	15.745
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.455	17.031	15.901
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.348	17.298	15.448
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.284	16.809	15.792
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	16.095	16.577	15.628
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16.060	16.687	15.440
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.968	16.858	15.144
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.965	16.839	15.231
40	United States`USA`Northern America	15.923	16.825	15.054
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.903	16.615	15.197
42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15.811	16.418	15.224
43	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.784	16.457	15.145
44	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	15.711	16.071	15.376
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15.651	16.031	15.294
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.492	16.114	14.912
47	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	15.427	16.190	14.697
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.383	15.387	15.380
49	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.329	15.292	15.364
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.317	15.704	14.949
51	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	15.300	15.402	15.320
52	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.253	16.013	14.521
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.219	15.759	14.698
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.072	16.551	14.071
55	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.947	15.522	14.399
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.852	15.364	14.355
57	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	14.781	15.286	14.300
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.670	14.858	14.481
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.601	14.691	14.514
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.593	14.561	14.627
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.573	15.577	13.667
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	14.468	15.025	13.917
63	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	14.420	14.968	13.908
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.394	13.966	14.812
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.372	15.014	13.753
66	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.358	14.503	14.224
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	14.295	15.104	13.557
68	Colombia`COL`South America	14.286	14.541	14.039
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	14.106	14.173	14.043
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.053	14.627	13.508
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	14.033	14.195	13.861
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.862	14.247	13.477
73	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.650	14.976	12.645
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.617	14.644	12.594
75	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	13.420	12.748	14.206
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.210	14.150	12.376
77	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.209	13.916	12.487
78	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	13.141	15.079	12.323
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.044	13.567	12.596
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	13.028	12.993	13.059
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.902	13.694	12.207
82	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.874	12.854	12.901
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.865	13.374	12.369
84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12.733	14.944	11.188
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.710	12.675	12.742
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.659	13.378	11.969
87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.639	12.738	12.543
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.565	12.946	12.193
89	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.461	12.525	12.400
90	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.411	12.421	12.404
91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.255	12.187	12.347
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11.585	11.478	11.690
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.484	11.951	11.070
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11.418	—	—
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.951	11.383	10.553
96	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.916	10.309	11.519
97	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	10.901	10.976	10.802
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.014	9.352	10.659
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.981	9.915	10.046
100	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.578	9.424	9.728
101	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.082	10.053	8.178
102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.071	8.167	7.983
103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.473	6.922	7.996

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Monaco21.098
2Greece20.856
3Australia20.655
4Türkiye19.831
5Finland19.494

Lowest

103Pakistan7.473
102Burkina Faso8.071
101Senegal9.082
100Laos9.578
99Côte d’Ivoire9.981

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.253. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestMonaco21.804
LowestPakistan6.922
Middle country: 15.640
Male
HighestGreece20.700
LowestBurkina Faso7.983
Middle country: 14.755

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −12countries joined / left
93values changed, of 93 in both
59 · 34rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia13.539 → 14.781+1.242
Saudi Arabia15.769 → 16.949+1.180
Greece19.774 → 20.856+1.082
Qatar12.204 → 13.141+0.938
Malaysia12.019 → 12.902+0.883

Fell most

Seychelles18.225 → 13.650−4.575
British Virgin Islands14.008 → 10.901−3.107
Burkina Faso8.709 → 8.071−0.638
United States16.413 → 15.923−0.490
Namibia15.908 → 15.427−0.482

+ Bahrain

+ Algeria

+ Ecuador

+ Iran

+ Saint Lucia

+ Monaco

+ Maldives

+ Marshall Islands

+ Rwanda

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

− Botswana

− Cuba

− Kyrgyzstan

− Cambodia

− Liechtenstein

− Malawi

− Netherlands

− Oman

− Philippines

− Suriname

− Tanzania

− Ukraine

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.

04Caveats

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2 empty cells
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05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2022). School Life Expectancy, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/school-life-expectancy/2022

0650 held

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