School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.6121 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6121 years
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
191st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6121 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2133 years
in 1999
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) is 0.6121 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 0.6121 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2133 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 191st of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2596 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2685 years | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 0.2626 years | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.261 years | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.2593 years | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.2563 years | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.259 years | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.2446 years | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2382 years | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2356 years | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2301 years | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2297 years | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.2325 years | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2306 years | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.2324 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.2361 years | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2346 years | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2347 years | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.2355 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2349 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.2346 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2294 years | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.2278 years | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2261 years | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2236 years | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.219 years | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.2168 years | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2143 years | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2141 years | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.2133 years | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2178 years | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2184 years | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2261 years | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2331 years | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.237 years | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2439 years | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.2565 years | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2813 years | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3006 years | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 0.308 years | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.3182 years | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3301 years | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3916 years | +18.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4131 years | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 0.4348 years | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4627 years | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4832 years | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5048 years | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5195 years | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5378 years | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5513 years | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5365 years | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5936 years | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 0.6089 years | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 0.6121 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2545 years | 0.2356 years | 0.2685 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2331 years | 0.2297 years | 0.2361 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2219 years | 0.2133 years | 0.2346 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2523 years | 0.2178 years | 0.308 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4396 years | 0.3182 years | 0.5378 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5805 years | 0.5365 years | 0.6121 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 0.6121 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6121 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2133 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 191st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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