School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
211
Highest
14.72 years
Timor-Leste
Lowest
0.0069 years
Somalia
Median
1.81 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,404

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 14.72 years in Timor-Leste; the lowest is 0.0069 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.81 years, and the mean is 1.88 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,133.

Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 3,388.0%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 70.0%).

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Timor-Leste 14.72 years 2022 up 3,388.0% volatile
2 Poland 3.97 years 2024 up 27.6% rising
2 Montserrat 1.86 years 2020 down 17.0% rising
3 Latvia 3.89 years 2024 up 4.3% rising
3 Cook Islands 1.74 years 2024 up 16.9% rising
4 Sweden 3.85 years 2024 up 1.2% rising
4 Tokelau 1.24 years 2025 down 22.1% rising
5 Venezuela 3.81 years 2024 up 69.5% volatile
5 Niue 1.17 years 2025 up 38.0% falling
6 Bulgaria 3.69 years 2024 up 9.1% rising
7 Finland 3.68 years 2024 up 15.2% rising
8 Andorra 3.63 years 2024 up 18.0% falling
9 Mongolia 3.62 years 2024 up 21.1% volatile
10 Belgium 3.53 years 2023 up 1.2% flat
11 Estonia 3.46 years 2012 down 15.1% falling
12 Reunion 3.4 years 1996 up 18.6% rising
13 Russia 3.38 years 2019 up 14.3% rising
14 Hungary 3.37 years 2024 down 2.9% flat
15 Palau 3.31 years 2024 up 54.2% rising
16 Germany 3.29 years 2024 up 2.2% flat
17 Croatia 3.29 years 2023 up 32.2% rising
18 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3.28 years 1995 down 26.0% flat
19 Belarus 3.23 years 2024 up 6.2% rising
20 France 3.22 years 2024 up 3.0% flat
21 Luxembourg 3.22 years 2024 up 19.1% rising
22 Martinique 3.21 years 1996 up 2.7% rising
23 Czechia 3.2 years 2023 up 6.1% flat
24 Jamaica 3.13 years 2024 up 28.0% rising
25 Cuba 3.13 years 2024 up 8.7% volatile
26 Kiribati 3.1 years 2024 rising
27 Austria 3.1 years 2024 up 3.3% rising
28 Guadeloupe 3.09 years 1995 up 10.6% rising
29 Hong Kong (China) 3.09 years 2024 down 0.1% rising
30 Israel 3.06 years 2024 down 4.1% rising
31 Slovak Republic 3.06 years 2024 up 11.8% rising
32 Tuvalu 3.03 years 2024 up 3.0% rising
33 New Caledonia 3 years 1994 up 29.9% rising
34 Portugal 2.98 years 2023 up 11.0% rising
35 San Marino 2.96 years 2024 up 6.7% rising
36 Uzbekistan 2.95 years 2025 up 199.9% falling
37 Spain 2.94 years 2024 up 0.9% falling
38 China (People’s Republic of) 2.93 years 2024 up 32.3% volatile
39 Norway 2.92 years 2024 up 0.6% rising
40 Denmark 2.91 years 2024 down 0.7% falling
41 Moldova 2.9 years 2024 down 18.1% rising
42 French Polynesia 2.9 years 1996 up 15.0% rising
43 Slovenia 2.9 years 2023 up 7.8% rising
44 Italy 2.89 years 2023 down 2.9% falling
45 Albania 2.89 years 2024 up 19.8% rising
46 Iceland 2.88 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
47 Korea 2.87 years 2024 up 3.4% rising
48 Japan 2.86 years 2023 up 5.1% rising
49 Singapore 2.84 years 2023 down 1.8% flat
50 Viet Nam 2.83 years 2024 up 17.6% rising
51 Cyprus 2.81 years 2024 up 20.2% rising
52 Peru 2.81 years 2024 up 3.3% volatile
53 Netherlands 2.79 years 2023 down 1.0% rising
54 Grenada 2.73 years 2024 up 33.1% rising
55 Macau (China) 2.7 years 2024 down 10.6% flat
56 Serbia 2.68 years 2024 up 13.0% rising
57 Monaco 2.63 years 2024 down 19.8% falling
58 Romania 2.54 years 2023 down 6.4% falling
59 French Guiana 2.51 years 1996 up 8.8% rising
60 Ukraine 2.5 years 2024 up 1.2% flat
61 Uruguay 2.49 years 2023 down 9.0% rising
62 Nepal 2.49 years 2025 up 43.0% volatile
63 Montenegro 2.44 years 2023 up 31.8% rising
64 Colombia 2.43 years 2022 up 9.6% rising
65 Chile 2.32 years 2024 down 3.7% rising
66 Argentina 2.31 years 2023 up 6.4% rising
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.3 years 2024 up 57.6% rising
68 Aruba 2.3 years 2024 up 7.3% rising
69 Kazakhstan 2.28 years 2025 down 1.2% rising
70 Mauritius 2.27 years 2024 up 16.5% rising
71 Ghana 2.24 years 2024 up 1.3% volatile
72 Lebanon 2.24 years 2024 up 9.5% rising
73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.2 years 2023 down 7.5% rising
74 Gibraltar 2.2 years 2024 up 2.4% volatile
75 United Kingdom 2.18 years 2023 up 37.1% rising
76 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.13 years 2024 down 4.5% rising
77 United States 2.12 years 2022 down 0.8% rising
78 Ecuador 2.11 years 2023 up 15.7% rising
79 Kenya 2.1 years 2023 up 19.4% rising
80 Thailand 2.1 years 2025 down 2.0% volatile
81 Malta 2.1 years 2023 down 3.3% flat
82 Costa Rica 2.08 years 2024 up 35.7% rising
83 Liechtenstein 2.07 years 2021 up 7.5% flat
84 Maldives 2.06 years 2024 down 35.5% volatile
85 Mexico 2.04 years 2024 down 4.8% rising
86 Switzerland 2.03 years 2024 down 0.6% flat
87 Greece 2.03 years 2023 up 33.5% rising
88 Cabo Verde 2.03 years 2022 down 1.9% rising
89 El Salvador 2 years 2024 down 0.7% volatile
90 Gambia 1.99 years 2025 up 37.9% rising
91 Australia 1.99 years 2024 up 71.5% rising
92 American Samoa 1.99 years 1992 up 5.8% rising
93 Nicaragua 1.99 years 2023 up 19.2% volatile
94 Brunei 1.96 years 2024 down 7.5% rising
95 United Arab Emirates 1.9 years 2024 up 0.3% rising
96 Malaysia 1.9 years 2024 up 8.3% rising
97 Antigua and Barbuda 1.89 years 2018 up 1.5% rising
98 Guyana 1.87 years 2024 up 0.3% rising
99 Papua New Guinea 1.86 years 2023 up 9.6% volatile
100 Nauru 1.84 years 2025 down 13.9% falling
101 Brazil 1.83 years 2024 up 10.4% rising
102 Dominican Republic 1.82 years 2024 up 26.7% volatile
103 Dominica 1.82 years 2023 down 3.1% rising
104 Vanuatu 1.81 years 2024 down 8.0% volatile
105 Solomon Islands 1.81 years 2024 down 36.7% rising
106 Seychelles 1.81 years 2024 down 23.5% rising
107 Rwanda 1.78 years 2024 up 242.2% volatile
108 Cayman Islands 1.77 years 2024 up 6.8% rising
109 New Zealand 1.76 years 2024 down 3.4% flat
110 Kyrgyzstan 1.74 years 2025 up 65.7% rising
111 India 1.72 years 2025 down 7.7% volatile
112 Georgia 1.71 years 2008 up 56.9% rising
113 Liberia 1.7 years 2022 down 66.5% volatile
114 Armenia 1.69 years 2024 up 15.3% falling
115 Guatemala 1.68 years 2024 up 23.8% rising
116 Suriname 1.67 years 2024 up 1.6% falling
117 Ireland 1.67 years 2022 up 62.9% rising
118 Pakistan 1.62 years 2024 up 45.1% rising
119 Paraguay 1.59 years 2024 up 26.8% volatile
120 Türkiye 1.58 years 2023 up 87.6% volatile
121 Qatar 1.58 years 2024 down 7.4% volatile
122 Bahrain 1.53 years 2024 down 15.4% volatile
123 Azerbaijan 1.5 years 2024 up 103.9% rising
124 Zimbabwe 1.48 years 2024 up 45.3% rising
125 Trinidad and Tobago 1.47 years 2024 up 2.7% rising
126 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 1.46 years 2025 up 34.9% volatile
127 British Virgin Islands 1.44 years 2024 down 27.5% rising
128 North Macedonia 1.43 years 2023 up 54.8% rising
129 Bhutan 1.43 years 2024 up 272.5% volatile
130 Barbados 1.42 years 2024 down 15.0% rising
131 Saint Lucia 1.41 years 2023 up 4.5% rising
132 Morocco 1.41 years 2024 up 27.6% rising
133 Canada 1.4 years 2023 down 1.9% flat
134 United States Virgin Islands 1.37 years 1993 up 12.9% rising
135 Bolivia 1.35 years 2024 up 0.7% rising
136 Sri Lanka 1.32 years 2023 up 5.9% rising
137 Comoros 1.31 years 2024 up 88.1% volatile
138 Puerto Rico 1.31 years 2024 down 26.3% volatile
139 Ethiopia 1.27 years 2024 up 85.7% volatile
140 Gabon 1.27 years 2019 up 29.6% volatile
141 Sao Tome and Principe 1.26 years 2017 up 10.0% rising
142 Panama 1.25 years 2024 down 12.2% volatile
143 Tunisia 1.22 years 2016 up 106.6% volatile
144 Madagascar 1.19 years 2024 up 211.4% volatile
145 Palestine 1.17 years 2023 up 27.7% rising
146 Indonesia 1.15 years 2025 up 2.9% volatile
147 Bangladesh 1.1 years 2024 up 23.4% volatile
148 Cambodia 1.1 years 2024 up 108.7% volatile
149 Zambia 1.09 years 2024 up 329.9% volatile
150 Marshall Islands 1.08 years 2024 up 19.0% falling
151 Oman 1.06 years 2024 up 3.8% volatile
152 Fiji 1.06 years 2024 up 166.4% volatile
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.06 years 2023 up 131.8% rising
154 Tonga 1.05 years 2024 up 23.1% rising
155 Kuwait 1.02 years 2021 down 35.8% rising
156 Lithuania 1.02 years 2024 down 70.0% rising
157 Bahamas 0.9945 years 2024 up 22.3% rising
158 Equatorial Guinea 0.9769 years 2015 down 2.4% rising
159 Turkmenistan 0.9531 years 2024 flat
160 Honduras 0.9527 years 2024 down 14.2% volatile
161 Bermuda 0.9279 years 2023 up 77.0% falling
162 Belize 0.918 years 2024 down 10.8% rising
163 Philippines 0.9054 years 2024 down 3.9% volatile
164 Samoa 0.8858 years 2024 up 30.1% rising
165 Sudan 0.8837 years 2019 up 32.3% rising
166 Togo 0.8829 years 2024 up 104.3% volatile
167 Eswatini 0.8458 years 2015 up 18.5% volatile
168 Lesotho 0.8366 years 2022 down 30.2% rising
169 Tanzania 0.8249 years 2024 up 21.4% rising
170 Jordan 0.8164 years 2024 up 12.9% rising
171 Saudi Arabia 0.7931 years 2024 up 73.2% rising
172 Sierra Leone 0.7906 years 2024 up 190.7% volatile
173 Botswana 0.783 years 2022 up 78.5% rising
174 South Africa 0.7786 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
175 Cameroon 0.7569 years 2024 up 11.0% volatile
176 Angola 0.7345 years 2023 down 7.2% rising
177 Micronesia (country) 0.7289 years 2024 down 9.7% rising
178 Namibia 0.704 years 2024 up 51.8% volatile
179 Senegal 0.6879 years 2024 up 47.8% volatile
180 Iran 0.6717 years 2020 up 67.4% volatile
181 Eritrea 0.6338 years 2022 up 24.0% volatile
182 Algeria 0.6118 years 2025 up 18.1% volatile
183 Egypt 0.6059 years 2024 up 17.0% volatile
184 Burundi 0.5501 years 2025 up 146.7% volatile
185 Guinea 0.5084 years 2020 up 34.2% volatile
186 Uganda 0.4585 years 2017 up 36.3% volatile
187 Benin 0.4128 years 2022 up 22.0% volatile
188 Tajikistan 0.38 years 2017 up 9.6% falling
189 Syria 0.3713 years 2024 up 157.5% rising
190 Côte d’Ivoire 0.3624 years 2024 up 102.0% volatile
191 Nigeria 0.3586 years 2023 up 156.6% falling
192 Djibouti 0.3159 years 2023 up 360.6% volatile
193 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2366 years 2023 up 108.9% volatile
194 Burkina Faso 0.2328 years 2024 up 93.9% volatile
195 Niger 0.2244 years 2024 up 1.7% volatile
196 Mali 0.2138 years 2023 up 55.5% rising
197 Guinea-Bissau 0.1904 years 2010 up 74.5% volatile
198 Libya 0.1832 years 2006 up 86.4% rising
199 Iraq 0.1794 years 2023 down 9.5% rising
200 Myanmar 0.174 years 2018 up 45.7% volatile
201 Congo 0.1499 years 2023 down 60.5% volatile
202 Mozambique 0.1138 years 1986 up 2,237.0% volatile
203 Central African Republic 0.0724 years 2017 down 17.4% falling
204 Chad 0.0583 years 2024 up 165.9% rising
205 Yemen 0.0399 years 2016 up 61.8% rising
206 Afghanistan 0.0312 years 2003 down 43.7% volatile
207 Somalia 0.0069 years 1986 down 13.9% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,404 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release