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
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2020
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 197,633 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.14 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 907,217 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 792,452 (2016)
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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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February 2026 Data Release