Eritrea vs WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary, male

Eritrea
4.86 years
in 2022
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
5.33 years
in 2024
Eritrea rank
173rd
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank
174th

School life expectancy, primary, male over time

  • Eritrea
  • WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
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How they compare

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 5.33 years against 4.86 years in Eritrea, a difference of 0.47 years.

That makes WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1989 it was WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

Eritrea ranks 173rd and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 174th of 215 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1980s 2.61 years 4.83 years 2.22 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 4.23 years 4.67 years 0.4442 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 5.46 years 4.96 years 0.5008 years Eritrea
2010s 4.43 years 5.11 years 0.6794 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
2020s 4.86 years 5.3 years 0.4378 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, male, Eritrea or WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), at 5.33 years against 4.86 years in Eritrea as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, male between Eritrea and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.47 years, with WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
29 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2022.
How do Eritrea and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, male?
Eritrea ranks 173rd and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 174th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
436 places, 17,327 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release