School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.6497 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6497 years
Change on year
up 5.0%
Rank
186th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6497 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2064 years
in 1974
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) stood at 0.6497 years. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 0.6497 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2064 years, in 1974.
That places ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 186th 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.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2117 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2102 years | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.209 years | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.2088 years | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.2064 years | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2168 years | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2316 years | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 0.2427 years | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 0.243 years | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.2528 years | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2632 years | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 0.279 years | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2798 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.2853 years | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.296 years | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 0.3076 years | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 0.3024 years | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.2987 years | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.2943 years | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.2994 years | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.3033 years | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.3157 years | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.3143 years | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.3183 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3245 years | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.3321 years | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.3398 years | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3503 years | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3678 years | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3543 years | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3659 years | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.3609 years | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.3678 years | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.3595 years | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3731 years | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3962 years | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4289 years | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4302 years | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4696 years | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5477 years | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5763 years | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.564 years | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5389 years | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5328 years | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5806 years | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5709 years | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5693 years | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5769 years | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5745 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.595 years | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6231 years | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5806 years | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5724 years | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6187 years | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6497 years | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2233 years | 0.2064 years | 0.2528 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2906 years | 0.2632 years | 0.3076 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.332 years | 0.3033 years | 0.3678 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.41 years | 0.3595 years | 0.5477 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5679 years | 0.5328 years | 0.595 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6089 years | 0.5724 years | 0.6497 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.48 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 0.6497 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6497 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2064 years in 1974.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 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