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Data for 1971
School Life Expectancy, 1971
Figures for 1971, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
School Life Expectancy, 1971 covers 71 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 12.6637; Somalia is lowest, at 0.5960. The middle country reads 6.4461.
School Life Expectancy · Data for 1971
HighestUnited States
12.6637
LowestSomalia
0.5960Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of School Life Expectancy, 1971, 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 71 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesUSANorthern America | 12.6637 | — | — |
| 2 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 11.9873 | 11.23 | 12.698 |
| 3 |  BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 11.8387 | 11.88 | 11.793 |
| 4 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 11.8141 | — | — |
| 5 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe | 11.3781 | — | — |
| 6 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 10.4723 | 10.53 | 10.420 |
| 7 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 10.2821 | 10.29 | 10.279 |
| 8 |  LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 10.0761 | 8.67 | 11.410 |
| 9 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 9.8619 | 9.71 | 10.011 |
| 10 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | 9.8235 | — | — |
| 11 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 9.4913 | 9.34 | 9.639 |
| 12 |  BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 8.9718 | 7.97 | 9.761 |
| 13 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 8.9493 | — | — |
| 14 |  PeruPERSouth America | 8.8832 | — | — |
| 15 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 8.6672 | 8.31 | 9.011 |
| 16 |  CubaCUBCaribbean | 8.6663 | — | — |
| 17 |  QatarQATWestern Asia | 8.5864 | 8.64 | 8.613 |
| 18 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 8.5620 | — | — |
| 19 |  GabonGABMiddle Africa | 8.5514 | 7.71 | 9.406 |
| 20 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 8.4576 | — | — |
| 21 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 8.4192 | 7.02 | 9.748 |
| 22 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 8.3597 | 6.16 | 10.508 |
| 23 |  KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 7.9160 | 7.36 | 8.383 |
| 24 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 7.6029 | — | — |
| 25 |  SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 7.5784 | 4.97 | 10.073 |
| 26 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 7.4220 | — | — |
| 27 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 7.3856 | 6.14 | 8.629 |
| 28 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 7.0871 | — | — |
| 29 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 6.8949 | — | — |
| 30 |  LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 6.8845 | 4.38 | 8.874 |
| 31 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 6.7822 | — | — |
| 32 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 6.7527 | 4.70 | 8.811 |
| 33 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 6.6660 | 5.26 | 7.982 |
| 34 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 6.6658 | — | — |
| 35 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 6.4706 | 5.41 | 7.516 |
| 36 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 6.4461 | 4.69 | 8.126 |
| 37 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | 6.4331 | 3.72 | 9.068 |
| 38 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 6.3671 | 5.19 | 7.545 |
| 39 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 6.3061 | — | — |
| 40 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 5.9338 | 4.17 | 7.383 |
| 41 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 5.8467 | 4.11 | 7.456 |
| 42 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 5.7775 | — | — |
| 43 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 5.6501 | 5.14 | 6.156 |
| 44 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | 5.5757 | 5.50 | 5.654 |
| 45 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 5.2516 | 5.36 | 5.205 |
| 46 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 5.1318 | — | — |
| 47 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 4.9934 | — | — |
| 48 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 4.2766 | 3.76 | 4.782 |
| 49 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 4.2340 | — | — |
| 50 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 4.1035 | 2.73 | 5.522 |
| 51 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 3.7433 | 2.74 | 4.732 |
| 52 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 3.6384 | 3.21 | 4.063 |
| 53 |  MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 3.6351 | 2.34 | 4.701 |
| 54 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 3.5491 | — | — |
| 55 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 3.4108 | 1.72 | 5.004 |
| 56 |  Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 3.1141 | 2.32 | 3.928 |
| 57 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 2.8742 | 2.10 | 3.634 |
| 58 |  LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 2.8473 | 1.64 | 4.072 |
| 59 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 2.7862 | 2.16 | 3.415 |
| 60 |  GuineaGINWestern Africa | 2.6131 | 1.49 | 3.724 |
| 61 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 2.5615 | — | — |
| 62 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 2.4464 | — | — |
| 63 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 2.4425 | — | — |
| 64 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 2.1951 | 1.35 | 3.046 |
| 65 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 2.0626 | 1.33 | 2.795 |
| 66 |  ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 2.0093 | 0.97 | 3.051 |
| 67 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 1.6760 | 1.11 | 2.248 |
| 68 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 1.1677 | 0.69 | 1.649 |
| 69 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 0.8486 | 0.60 | 1.096 |
| 70 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 0.7412 | 0.51 | 0.965 |
| 71 | SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 0.5960 | — | — |
02In 1971
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1United States12.6637
- 2Iceland11.9873
- 3Barbados11.8387
- 4Russia11.8141
- 5Belarus11.3781
Lowest
- 71Somalia0.5960
- 70Niger0.7412
- 69Burkina Faso0.8486
- 68Ethiopia1.1677
- 67Mali1.6760
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6.4461. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
03Caveats
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 here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
50 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
04The files
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1971). School Life Expectancy, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/school-life-expectancy/1971
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06Questions
School Life Expectancy, 1971: questions and answers
Which country has the highest school life expectancy in School Life Expectancy, 1971?
United States, at 12.6637, of the 71 countries in the file.
What year does School Life Expectancy, 1971 describe?
1971.
How many countries does School Life Expectancy, 1971 cover?
71.
Where can I download School Life Expectancy, 1971?
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, 1971 the newest?
No. The newest held here is School Life Expectancy, 2024.