School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in UNESCO: Sids
UNESCO: Sids: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) was 1.96 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in UNESCO: Sids, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in UNESCO: Sids is 1.96 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in UNESCO: Sids peaked at 1.99 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7094 years, in 1974.
UNESCO: Sids ranks 70th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in UNESCO: Sids, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.7104 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.7094 years | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.7285 years | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.7577 years | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7846 years | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7802 years | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7754 years | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7697 years | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7652 years | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.7761 years | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7847 years | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7716 years | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7664 years | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7843 years | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7975 years | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8294 years | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8433 years | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8543 years | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8878 years | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.882 years | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.9144 years | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9304 years | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.9466 years | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.984 years | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 1.01 years | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.05 years | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 1.38 years | +31.3% |
| 2000 | 1.41 years | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1.43 years | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.45 years | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.47 years | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.52 years | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1.55 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.58 years | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.6 years | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.63 years | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.66 years | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1.72 years | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 1.79 years | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.79 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.83 years | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 1.86 years | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.9 years | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 1.9 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.92 years | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.94 years | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.99 years | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1.96 years | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.83 years | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 1.9 years | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 1.95 years | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 1.96 years | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (expectancy) in UNESCO: Sids 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +31.3% | 1.05 years | 1.38 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7495 years | 0.7094 years | 0.7846 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.7888 years | 0.7652 years | 0.8433 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9849 years | 0.8543 years | 1.38 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.53 years | 1.41 years | 1.66 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 years | 1.72 years | 1.99 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.92 years | 1.83 years | 1.96 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNESCO: Sids
- 67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.3 years compare
- 68 Aruba 2.3 years compare
- 69 Kazakhstan 2.28 years compare
- 70 Mauritius 2.27 years compare
- 71 Ghana 2.24 years compare
- 72 Lebanon 2.24 years compare
- 73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.2 years compare
More education data for UNESCO: Sids
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 131,313 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0307 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 569,310 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 850,086 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.0239 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.42 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in UNESCO: Sids?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in UNESCO: Sids was 1.96 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The highest recorded value was 1.99 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7094 years in 1974.
- How does UNESCO: Sids rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- UNESCO: Sids ranks 70th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in UNESCO: Sids?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNESCO: Sids 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