School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.9208 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) recorded 0.9208 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9208 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4234 years, in 1973.
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 145th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4262 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.4253 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.4241 years | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.4234 years | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.4254 years | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.4381 years | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4574 years | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4674 years | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.4696 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.4762 years | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.4773 years | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.4773 years | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4822 years | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4819 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.4904 years | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.4857 years | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.4868 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4891 years | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4906 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4972 years | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.5064 years | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.5177 years | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5238 years | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.522 years | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.5243 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.5332 years | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5453 years | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.5578 years | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.577 years | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.5765 years | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.5902 years | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.5514 years | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4669 years | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4283 years | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4675 years | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5143 years | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6484 years | +26.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7023 years | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7483 years | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 0.7428 years | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.786 years | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 0.77 years | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7001 years | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7068 years | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6887 years | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7006 years | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7004 years | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7622 years | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8115 years | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8279 years | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8327 years | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8143 years | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.814 years | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.872 years | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9208 years | +5.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +26.1% | 0.5143 years | 0.6484 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4433 years | 0.4234 years | 0.4762 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4858 years | 0.4773 years | 0.4972 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5384 years | 0.5064 years | 0.577 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5861 years | 0.4283 years | 0.7483 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7454 years | 0.6887 years | 0.8279 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8507 years | 0.814 years | 0.9208 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.9208 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9208 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4234 years in 1973.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 145th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 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