School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 2.42 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1999β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) recorded 2.42 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) peaked at 2.42 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.48 years, in 2000.
That places ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 30th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5 years | 1.5 years | 1.5 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.57 years | 1.48 years | 1.65 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.96 years | 1.69 years | 2.19 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.29 years | 2.16 years | 2.42 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- 27 Austria 3.1 years compare
- 28 Guadeloupe 3.09 years
- 29 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 3.09 years compare
- 30 Israel 3.06 years compare
- 31 Slovak Republic 3.06 years compare
- 32 Tuvalu 3.03 years compare
- 33 New Caledonia 3 years
More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 68.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 66.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 708,542 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 31.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 733,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 431,874 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 59,192 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 425,305 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 744,078 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 360,576 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) was 2.42 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.42 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.48 years in 2000.
- How does ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 30th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 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