School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) was 0.3708 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 0.3708 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 71.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 0.6749 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.1768 years, in 1994.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 220th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.1776 years | — |
| 1994 | 0.1768 years | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.1774 years | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1784 years | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.1792 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.1822 years | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1847 years | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1866 years | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1877 years | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.215 years | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 0.244 years | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3132 years | +28.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3149 years | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3299 years | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3445 years | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2969 years | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3147 years | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3304 years | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4452 years | +34.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5605 years | +25.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6749 years | +20.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2166 years | -67.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2635 years | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2714 years | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.271 years | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2726 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2788 years | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2827 years | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.198 years | -29.9% |
| 2022 | 0.2828 years | +42.8% |
| 2023 | 0.3669 years | +29.8% |
| 2024 | 0.3708 years | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -67.9% | 0.6749 years | 0.2166 years |
| 2022 | +42.8% | 0.198 years | 0.2828 years |
| 2011 | +34.7% | 0.3304 years | 0.4452 years |
| 2021 | -29.9% | 0.2827 years | 0.198 years |
| 2023 | +29.8% | 0.2828 years | 0.3669 years |
| 2004 | +28.4% | 0.244 years | 0.3132 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1795 years | 0.1768 years | 0.1847 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.2747 years | 0.1866 years | 0.3445 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3585 years | 0.2166 years | 0.6749 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3002 years | 0.198 years | 0.3708 years | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 0.3708 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6749 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1768 years in 1994.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release