School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.6337 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 0.6337 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 0.6337 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2719 years, in 1974.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2854 years | 0.2719 years | 0.3043 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3308 years | 0.3093 years | 0.3445 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3532 years | 0.3398 years | 0.3741 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4031 years | 0.3675 years | 0.4865 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5421 years | 0.4939 years | 0.5975 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6106 years | 0.5737 years | 0.6337 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 186 Uganda 0.4585 years compare
- 187 Benin 0.4128 years compare
- 188 Tajikistan 0.38 years compare
- 189 Syrian Arab Republic 0.3713 years compare
- 190 Côte d’Ivoire 0.3624 years compare
- 191 Nigeria 0.3586 years compare
- 192 Djibouti 0.3159 years compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 25.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.6337 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6337 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2719 years in 1974.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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