School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 3.17 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) recorded 3.17 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) peaked at 3.17 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.77 years, in 1999.
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) ranks 2nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.77 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.77 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.81 years | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 2.83 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 2.83 years | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2.84 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2.92 years | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 2.95 years | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 3 years | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 3.03 years | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 3.06 years | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 3.09 years | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3.14 years | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 3.15 years | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 3 years | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 3 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 3.01 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3.01 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 3.07 years | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 3.1 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3.11 years | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 3.12 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3.09 years | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 3.12 years | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 3.17 years | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 3.17 years | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.77 years | 2.77 years | 2.77 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.9 years | 2.77 years | 3.06 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.07 years | 3 years | 3.15 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.13 years | 3.09 years | 3.17 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
More education data for ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 37.39 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 71.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 18.22 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 25.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 19.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 13.61 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 7.98 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 16.46 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 8.48 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) was 3.17 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.17 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.77 years in 1999.
- How does ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) ranks 2nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release