School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025)
WB: High Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 2.56 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025) stood at 2.56 years.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025) peaked at 2.58 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.08 years, in 1999.
That places WB: High Income (july 2025) 24th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.08 years | — |
| 2000 | 2.08 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.13 years | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 2.17 years | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 2.15 years | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 2.17 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 2.27 years | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 2.22 years | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 2.25 years | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 2.27 years | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2.28 years | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 2.36 years | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 2.41 years | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.46 years | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 2.45 years | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2.48 years | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 2.51 years | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 2.54 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 2.56 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2.57 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2.57 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2.58 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2.45 years | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 2.57 years | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 2.57 years | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2.56 years | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.08 years | 2.08 years | 2.08 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.2 years | 2.08 years | 2.28 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.49 years | 2.36 years | 2.57 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.55 years | 2.45 years | 2.58 years | 5 |
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More education data for WB: High Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0898 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 51.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 106.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025) was 2.56 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.58 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.08 years in 1999.
- How does WB: High Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- WB: High Income (july 2025) ranks 24th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: High Income (july 2025) 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