School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) was 1.26 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 1.26 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 1.26 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3105 years, in 1973.
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 127th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3168 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.3139 years | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.3105 years | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.328 years | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 0.3464 years | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 0.3623 years | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 0.3829 years | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 0.4035 years | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 0.4268 years | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 0.4486 years | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4706 years | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 0.4969 years | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 0.5226 years | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5483 years | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 0.5732 years | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5996 years | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 0.626 years | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 0.6528 years | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 0.6551 years | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.6618 years | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.647 years | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6291 years | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5865 years | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 0.5497 years | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5126 years | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 0.4868 years | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.475 years | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.4593 years | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.4307 years | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4268 years | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.4335 years | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4092 years | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3819 years | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3771 years | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.408 years | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4205 years | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4316 years | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4783 years | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4893 years | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5386 years | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7097 years | +31.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7835 years | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8492 years | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8731 years | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8728 years | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9034 years | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9898 years | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 1 years | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.05 years | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 1.09 years | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 1.1 years | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.19 years | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 1.26 years | +5.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +31.8% | 0.5386 years | 0.7097 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3546 years | 0.3105 years | 0.4268 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.5594 years | 0.4486 years | 0.6551 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5439 years | 0.4307 years | 0.6618 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4256 years | 0.3771 years | 0.4893 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8571 years | 0.5386 years | 1.05 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 years | 1.09 years | 1.26 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- 124 Qatar 1.58 years compare
- 125 Bahrain 1.53 years compare
- 126 Azerbaijan 1.5 years compare
- 127 Zimbabwe 1.48 years compare
- 128 Trinidad and Tobago 1.47 years compare
- 129 Laos 1.46 years compare
- 130 British Virgin Islands 1.44 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.1447 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.06 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4483 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 1.26 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3105 years in 1973.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 127th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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