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Data for 1980
School Life Expectancy, 1980
Figures for 1980, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
School Life Expectancy, 1980 covers 63 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 14.344; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 1.236. The middle country reads 8.494. Against 1979, 50 values changed (41 up, 9 down), 13 countries joined, 11 left.
School Life Expectancy · Data for 1980
HighestUnited States
14.344
LowestBurkina Faso
1.236Shaded 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, 1980, 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 63 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesUSANorthern America | 14.344 | — | — |
| 2 |  BermudaBMUNorthern America | 13.569 | 14.02 | 13.163 |
| 3 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 12.582 | — | — |
| 4 |  CubaCUBCaribbean | 12.122 | 12.07 | 12.168 |
| 5 |  BahamasBHSCaribbean | 12.063 | — | — |
| 6 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 11.966 | 11.35 | 12.549 |
| 7 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 11.961 | 10.60 | 13.325 |
| 8 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe | 11.928 | — | — |
| 9 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 11.348 | 11.51 | 11.185 |
| 10 |  GrenadaGRDCaribbean | 11.290 | 11.56 | 11.029 |
| 11 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 11.149 | 11.32 | 10.984 |
| 12 |  PeruPERSouth America | 10.866 | 9.90 | 11.348 |
| 13 |  LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 10.681 | 9.69 | 11.609 |
| 14 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | 10.620 | — | — |
| 15 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | 10.528 | 8.49 | 12.500 |
| 16 |  LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 10.430 | — | — |
| 17 |  Saint LuciaLCACaribbean | 10.420 | — | — |
| 18 |  GabonGABMiddle Africa | 10.354 | 9.71 | 11.002 |
| 19 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 9.993 | 9.76 | 10.225 |
| 20 |  KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 9.986 | 10.08 | 9.892 |
| 21 |  BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 9.965 | 9.63 | 10.240 |
| 22 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 9.916 | 9.96 | 9.874 |
| 23 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 9.886 | — | — |
| 24 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 9.697 | — | — |
| 25 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 9.468 | — | — |
| 26 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 9.231 | — | — |
| 27 |  SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 9.116 | 7.28 | 10.878 |
| 28 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 9.069 | — | — |
| 29 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 9.023 | — | — |
| 30 |  QatarQATWestern Asia | 8.849 | 11.22 | 7.711 |
| 31 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 8.714 | — | — |
| 32 |  United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia | 8.494 | 8.96 | 8.166 |
| 33 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 8.418 | 5.83 | 11.028 |
| 34 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 8.260 | — | — |
| 35 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 8.234 | — | — |
| 36 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 8.071 | 8.65 | 7.477 |
| 37 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 7.937 | 6.42 | 9.389 |
| 38 |  ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 7.921 | 7.06 | 8.736 |
| 39 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | 7.878 | — | — |
| 40 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 7.861 | 6.08 | 9.539 |
| 41 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 7.748 | 7.66 | 7.835 |
| 42 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 7.394 | — | — |
| 43 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 7.303 | — | — |
| 44 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 7.192 | — | — |
| 45 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 7.114 | — | — |
| 46 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 6.715 | — | — |
| 47 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 6.383 | 4.71 | 7.943 |
| 48 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 6.226 | 5.54 | 6.898 |
| 49 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 5.493 | — | — |
| 50 |  HaitiHTICaribbean | 5.102 | — | — |
| 51 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 5.035 | 3.97 | 6.143 |
| 52 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 4.678 | 3.11 | 6.183 |
| 53 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 4.611 | 4.38 | 4.845 |
| 54 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 4.487 | 3.18 | 5.781 |
| 55 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 4.076 | — | — |
| 56 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 3.713 | — | — |
| 57 |  OmanOMNWestern Asia | 3.635 | 2.28 | 4.962 |
| 58 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 3.492 | 2.16 | 4.750 |
| 59 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 3.369 | 2.54 | 4.176 |
| 60 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 2.150 | 1.45 | 2.847 |
| 61 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 1.625 | 1.24 | 2.013 |
| 62 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 1.549 | 1.08 | 2.005 |
| 63 | Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 1.236 | 0.91 | 1.558 |
02In 1980
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1United States14.344
- 2Bermuda13.569
- 3Iceland12.582
- 4Cuba12.122
- 5Bahamas12.063
Lowest
- 63Burkina Faso1.236
- 62Niger1.549
- 61Burundi1.625
- 60Mali2.150
- 59Senegal3.369
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 8.494. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Bermuda14.02Lowest
Burkina Faso0.91Middle country: 7.66
Male
Highest
Republic of the Congo13.325Lowest
Burkina Faso1.558Middle country: 9.389
031979 → 1980
Since 1979
What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +13 / −11countries joined / left
- 50values changed, of 50 in both
- 41 · 9rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Zimbabwe5.110 → 7.114+2.004
- United States12.898 → 14.344+1.446
- Nicaragua6.573 → 7.878+1.305
- Republic of the Congo11.243 → 11.961+0.718
- Bermuda12.880 → 13.569+0.689
Fell most
- China8.405 → 7.921−0.484
- DR Congo7.434 → 7.192−0.242
- Panama11.326 → 11.149−0.177
- Philippines9.625 → 9.468−0.157
- Uganda3.781 → 3.713−0.068
+ Bahamas+ Belarus+ Fiji+ Honduras+ India+ Iceland+ Laos+ Lebanon+ Saint Lucia+ Paraguay+ Qatar+ Senegal+ Vietnam
− Brunei
− Guinea
− Liberia
− Morocco
− Myanmar
− Mozambique
− Saudi Arabia
− Türkiye
− Tanzania
− Uruguay
− ZambiaChanges 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 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.
52 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
UIS’s own file, on its own site.
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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) (1980). School Life Expectancy, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/school-life-expectancy/1980
0650 held
Other years
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School Life Expectancy, 197961 countries
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All of them
School Life Expectancy: every year50 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
School Life Expectancy, 1980: questions and answers
Which country has the highest school life expectancy in School Life Expectancy, 1980?
United States, at 14.344, of the 63 countries in the file.
What year does School Life Expectancy, 1980 describe?
1980.
How many countries does School Life Expectancy, 1980 cover?
63.
Where can I download School Life Expectancy, 1980?
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, 1980 the newest?
No. The newest held here is School Life Expectancy, 2024.