School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) was 1.79 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1974–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) recorded 1.79 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 1.82 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7032 years, in 1992.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 81st out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.7656 years | — |
| 1975 | 0.7661 years | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7646 years | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7653 years | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.766 years | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7637 years | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7602 years | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.758 years | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.7535 years | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7476 years | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7406 years | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.726 years | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7254 years | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.721 years | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7159 years | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.7134 years | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.7099 years | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7072 years | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7032 years | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7179 years | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7166 years | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.7261 years | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7799 years | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8327 years | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8892 years | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9148 years | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9537 years | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9785 years | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9916 years | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.03 years | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.09 years | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1.11 years | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1.16 years | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1.18 years | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 1.24 years | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 1.3 years | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 1.38 years | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 1.44 years | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 1.5 years | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 1.56 years | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1.62 years | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 1.7 years | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.76 years | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.78 years | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.8 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.82 years | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.79 years | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7652 years | 0.7637 years | 0.7661 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.7362 years | 0.7134 years | 0.7602 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7698 years | 0.7032 years | 0.9148 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1 years | 0.9537 years | 1.3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.64 years | 1.38 years | 1.82 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.79 years | 1.79 years | 1.79 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 603,251 (2019)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54,979 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 74,425 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 341,161 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 315,506 (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 1.79 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7032 years in 1992.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 81st out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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