The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 People and Society

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) In 18 editions of 36.

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) was published in 18 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2008 to 2025. The 2017 edition carries it in 171 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2017 edition
171
the first edition with it
2008
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)” (2008 to 2025).

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Entries with School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) in each edition

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years (2014)

Africa

44 entries

Algeria

total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2011)

Angola

total:
10 years
male:
13 years
female:
8 years (2011)

Benin

total:
12 years
male:
14 years
female:
11 years (2013)

Botswana

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2013)

Burkina Faso

total:
8 years
male:
8 years
female:
7 years (2013)

Burundi

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years (2013)

Cabo Verde

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2015)

Cameroon

total:
12 years
male:
13 years
female:
11 years (2015)

Central African Republic

total:
7 years
male:
8 years
female:
6 years (2012)

Chad

total:
7 years
male:
9 years
female:
6 years (2011)

Comoros

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2014)

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
8 years (2013)

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2012)

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
8 years (2015)

Djibouti

total:
6 years
male:
7 years
female:
6 years (2011)

Egypt

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2014)

Eritrea

total:
5 years
male:
6 years
female:
5 years (2014)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:
11 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years (2013)

Ethiopia

total:
8 years
male:
9 years
female:
8 years (2012)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years (2010)

Ghana

total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years (2015)

Guinea

total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
8 years (2014)

Kenya

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2009)

Lesotho

total:
11 years
male:
10 years
female:
11 years (2014)

Madagascar

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years (2014)

Malawi

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2011)

Mali

total:
8 years
male:
9 years
female:
7 years (2011)

Mauritania

total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years (2015)

Mauritius

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Morocco

total:
12 years
male:
13 years
female:
12 years (2012)

Mozambique

total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
9 years (2014)

Niger

total:
5 years
male:
6 years
female:
5 years (2012)

Nigeria

total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
8 years (2011)

Rwanda

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2013)

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2015)

Senegal

total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years (2015)

Seychelles

total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
15 years (2015)

South Africa

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2012)

Sudan

total:
7 years
male:
7 years
female:
7 years (2013)

Tanzania

total:
8 years
male:
8 years
female:
8 years (2013)

Togo

total:
12 years
male:
NA
female:
NA (2011)

Tunisia

total:
15 years
male:
NA
female:
NA (2015)

Uganda

total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
10 years (2011)

Zimbabwe

total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
10 years (2013)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

total:
20 years
male:
18 years
female:
21 years (2013)

Asia

21 entries

Afghanistan

total:
11 years
male:
13 years
female:
8 years (2014)

Armenia

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2015)

Azerbaijan

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2014)

Bangladesh

total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
10 years (2011)

Bhutan

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2013)

China

total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years (2015)

Georgia

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2015)

India

total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years (2014)

Japan

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2014)

Kazakhstan

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2016)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2015)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
16 years (2013)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2014)

Mongolia

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Nepal

total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2015)

Pakistan

total:
8 years
male:
9 years
female:
7 years (2015)

Russia

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2014)

Sri Lanka

total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years (2013)

Tajikistan

total:
11 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years (2013)

Turkmenistan

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2014)

Uzbekistan

total:
12 years
male:
13 years
female:
12 years (2016)

Central America and the Caribbean

18 entries

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
15 years (2012)

Aruba

total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years (2012)

Barbados

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
17 years (2011)

Belize

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2015)

British Virgin Islands

total:
14 years
male:
NA
female:
NA (2015)

Costa Rica

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Cuba

total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years (2015)

Curacao

total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
19 years (2013)

Dominican Republic

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years (2014)

El Salvador

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2014)

Grenada

total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
17 years (2015)

Guatemala

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years (2013)

Honduras

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years (2014)

Montserrat

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
17 years (2007)

Panama

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2013)

Puerto Rico

total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
15 years (2014)

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Saint Lucia

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2007)

Europe

39 entries

Albania

total:
16 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Austria

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Belarus

total:
16 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Belgium

total:
20 years
male:
19 years
female:
21 years (2014)

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2014)

Bulgaria

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Croatia

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2014)

Czechia

total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
18 years (2014)

Denmark

total:
19 years
male:
18 years
female:
20 years (2014)

Estonia

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2015)

Finland

total:
19 years
male:
19 years
female:
20 years (2015)

France

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2014)

Germany

total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
17 years (2015)

Greece

total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
18 years (2014)

Hungary

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Ireland

total:
19 years
male:
19 years
female:
19 years (2014)

Italy

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2014)

Latvia

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2014)

Liechtenstein

total:
15 years
male:
16 years
female:
13 years (2015)

Lithuania

total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2014)

Luxembourg

total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years (2012)

Malta

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Moldova

total:
12 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years (2015)

Montenegro

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2010)

Netherlands

total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
18 years (2012)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2014)

Norway

total:
18 years
male:
17 years
female:
18 years (2015)

Poland

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2013)

Portugal

total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
17 years (2014)

Romania

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2015)

San Marino

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2012)

Serbia

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Slovakia

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
16 years (2014)

Slovenia

total:
17 years
male:
17 years
female:
18 years (2014)

Spain

total:
18 years
male:
18 years
female:
18 years (2015)

Sweden

total:
18 years
male:
17 years
female:
20 years (2014)

Switzerland

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years (2014)

Ukraine

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2014)

United Kingdom

total:
18 years
male:
17 years
female:
18 years (2014)

Middle East

14 entries

Cyprus

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Gaza Strip

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
14 years

note: data represent Gaza and the West Bank (2015)

Iran

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Israel

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years (2014)

Jordan

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2012)

Kuwait

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years (2013)

Lebanon

total:
11 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years (2014)

Oman

total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Qatar

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years (2011)

Saudi Arabia

total:
16 years
male:
17 years
female:
15 years (2014)

Syria

total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
9 years (2013)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
16 years
male:
17 years
female:
16 years (2013)

West Bank

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
14 years

note: data represent Gaza and the West Bank (2015)

Yemen

total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
8 years (2011)

North America

3 entries

Bermuda

total:
12 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years (2015)

Mexico

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2014)

United States

total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2014)

Oceania

7 entries

Australia

total:
20 years
male:
20 years
female:
21 years (2014)

Cook Islands

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Kiribati

total:
12 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years (2008)

Nauru

total:
9 years
male:
9 years
female:
10 years (2008)

New Zealand

total:
19 years
male:
18 years
female:
20 years (2014)

Palau

total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
18 years (2013)

Solomon Islands

total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
9 years (2007)

South America

11 entries

Argentina

total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
18 years (2014)

Bolivia

total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years (2007)

Brazil

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2014)

Chile

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2015)

Colombia

total:
14 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Ecuador

total:
15 years
male:
15 years
female:
16 years (2012)

Guyana

total:
10 years
male:
10 years
female:
10 years (2012)

Paraguay

total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2010)

Peru

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years (2010)

Uruguay

total:
16 years
male:
14 years
female:
17 years (2010)

Venezuela

total:
14 years
male:
NA
female:
NA (2009)

Southeast Asia

12 entries

Brunei

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
8 years
male:
NA
female:
NA (2007)

Cambodia

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years (2008)

Hong Kong

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years (2014)

Indonesia

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2014)

Laos

total:
11 years
male:
11 years
female:
11 years (2015)

Macau

total:
15 years
male:
14 years
female:
15 years (2015)

Malaysia

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2015)

Philippines

total:
13 years
male:
12 years
female:
13 years (2013)

Singapore

total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2009)

Thailand

total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
16 years (2015)

Timor-Leste

total:
13 years
male:
14 years
female:
13 years (2010)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2017, “School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-education/2017.

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