School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) was 0.408 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 1991–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) recorded 0.408 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 0.409 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1722 years, in 1997.
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 218th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.1722 years | — |
| 1992 | 0.1738 years | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1758 years | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1762 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1768 years | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.1744 years | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.1722 years | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1722 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1726 years | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.174 years | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.1726 years | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.174 years | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2043 years | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2018 years | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2022 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2247 years | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.222 years | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2555 years | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3217 years | +25.9% |
| 2010 | 0.289 years | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3219 years | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3447 years | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3838 years | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3896 years | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3982 years | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3886 years | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3972 years | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3995 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.409 years | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.408 years | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +25.9% | 0.2555 years | 0.3217 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.174 years | 0.1722 years | 0.1768 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.2153 years | 0.1726 years | 0.3217 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3721 years | 0.289 years | 0.409 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.408 years | 0.408 years | 0.408 years | 1 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 634,256 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 651,300 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 431,218 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 235,625 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.53 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.03 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 0.408 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.409 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1722 years in 1997.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 218th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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