School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.4002 years in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.4002 years
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
219th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.4002 years
in 2020
All-time low
0.1726 years
in 1981
Years of data
49
1970–2020

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2020

00.10.20.30.4197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 0.4002 years, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.

The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 38.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.4002 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1726 years, in 1981.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970 to 2020.
Year years Change
1970 0.1823 years
1971 0.1824 years +0.1%
1972 0.1827 years +0.2%
1973 0.1842 years +0.9%
1974 0.183 years -0.7%
1975 0.1874 years +2.4%
1976 0.1861 years -0.7%
1977 0.1853 years -0.4%
1978 0.1803 years -2.7%
1979 0.1803 years +0.0%
1980 0.1735 years -3.8%
1981 0.1726 years -0.5%
1982 0.1749 years +1.3%
1983 0.1789 years +2.3%
1984 0.1811 years +1.3%
1985 0.1839 years +1.6%
1986 0.1817 years -1.2%
1987 0.1835 years +1.0%
1990 0.1869 years +1.9%
1991 0.1845 years -1.3%
1992 0.1864 years +1.0%
1993 0.1896 years +1.7%
1994 0.1895 years -0.1%
1995 0.1896 years +0.1%
1996 0.1875 years -1.1%
1997 0.1875 years -0.0%
1998 0.1881 years +0.3%
1999 0.1905 years +1.3%
2000 0.1941 years +1.9%
2001 0.1942 years +0.1%
2002 0.1967 years +1.3%
2003 0.2267 years +15.2%
2004 0.2267 years -0.0%
2005 0.2258 years -0.4%
2006 0.2445 years +8.3%
2007 0.2357 years -3.6%
2008 0.2634 years +11.8%
2009 0.3179 years +20.7%
2010 0.289 years -9.1%
2011 0.3231 years +11.8%
2012 0.3383 years +4.7%
2013 0.3426 years +1.3%
2014 0.3541 years +3.4%
2015 0.3672 years +3.7%
2016 0.3603 years -1.9%
2017 0.3716 years +3.1%
2018 0.3786 years +1.9%
2019 0.3953 years +4.4%
2020 0.4002 years +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1834 years 0.1803 years 0.1874 years 10
1980s 0.1788 years 0.1726 years 0.1839 years 8
1990s 0.188 years 0.1845 years 0.1905 years 10
2000s 0.2326 years 0.1941 years 0.3179 years 10
2010s 0.352 years 0.289 years 0.3953 years 10
2020s 0.4002 years 0.4002 years 0.4002 years 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.4002 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.4002 years in 2020.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1726 years in 1981.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,404 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release