School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
199
Highest
14.95 years
East Timor
Lowest
0.0079 years
Somalia
Median
1.84 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
13,947

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 14.95 years in East Timor; the lowest is 0.0079 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.84 years, and the mean is 1.88 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,893.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 3,343.9%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 70.1%).

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 East Timor 14.95 years 2022 up 3,343.9% volatile
2 Poland 3.98 years 2024 up 28.3% rising
3 Latvia 3.89 years 2024 up 4.4% rising
4 Sweden 3.85 years 2024 up 1.3% rising
5 Venezuela 3.69 years 2024 up 62.9% volatile
6 Bulgaria 3.68 years 2024 up 9.1% rising
7 Finland 3.68 years 2024 up 15.1% rising
8 Andorra 3.65 years 2024 up 17.0% falling
9 Mongolia 3.62 years 2024 up 21.2% rising
10 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3.61 years 1987 up 8.8% rising
11 Belgium 3.52 years 2023 up 0.9% flat
12 Estonia 3.43 years 2012 down 15.7% falling
13 Russia 3.37 years 2019 up 14.4% rising
14 Hungary 3.31 years 2024 down 3.5% flat
15 Palau 3.3 years 2024 up 43.9% rising
16 Germany 3.27 years 2024 up 2.0% flat
17 Croatia 3.26 years 2023 up 32.6% rising
18 Martinique 3.23 years 1996 up 5.8% rising
19 France 3.23 years 2024 up 3.2% flat
20 Luxembourg 3.2 years 2024 up 18.6% rising
21 Cuba 3.16 years 2024 up 9.9% volatile
22 Czechia 3.15 years 2023 up 6.3% flat
23 Belarus 3.13 years 2024 up 5.0% rising
24 Jamaica 3.13 years 2024 up 24.0% rising
25 Austria 3.09 years 2024 up 3.6% rising
26 Israel 3.07 years 2024 down 3.4% rising
27 Slovak Republic 3.04 years 2024 up 11.9% rising
28 Hong Kong 3.03 years 2024 down 1.2% rising
29 Guadeloupe 3.02 years 1994 up 20.3% rising
30 Portugal 2.97 years 2023 up 12.3% rising
31 China (People's Republic of) 2.95 years 2024 up 33.0% rising
32 Tuvalu 2.95 years 2024 down 1.4% flat
33 New Caledonia 2.95 years 1991 up 43.6% rising
34 San Marino 2.94 years 2024 up 3.1% rising
35 Spain 2.93 years 2024 up 0.5% falling
36 Norway 2.92 years 2024 up 0.4% rising
37 French Polynesia 2.91 years 1996 up 14.3% rising
38 Albania 2.9 years 2024 up 20.0% rising
39 Denmark 2.89 years 2024 down 1.8% falling
40 Moldova 2.88 years 2024 down 17.6% rising
41 Iceland 2.87 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
42 Slovenia 2.87 years 2023 up 8.1% rising
43 Korea 2.87 years 2024 up 3.4% rising
44 Italy 2.86 years 2023 down 2.9% falling
45 Vietnam 2.85 years 2024 up 20.9% rising
46 Netherlands 2.82 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
47 Peru 2.81 years 2024 up 3.0% volatile
48 Cyprus 2.78 years 2024 up 18.7% rising
49 Reunion 2.76 years 1987 up 19.8% rising
50 Macao 2.75 years 2024 down 10.0% flat
51 Grenada 2.75 years 2024 up 38.9% rising
52 Uzbekistan 2.7 years 2025 up 176.5% rising
53 Serbia 2.62 years 2024 up 10.4% rising
54 Romania 2.54 years 2023 down 6.8% falling
55 Monaco 2.51 years 2024 down 23.1% falling
56 Uruguay 2.49 years 2023 down 9.3% rising
57 Ukraine 2.48 years 2024 up 1.3% rising
58 Colombia 2.45 years 2022 up 10.6% rising
59 American Samoa 2.44 years 1990 up 20.1% rising
60 Montenegro 2.41 years 2023 up 30.9% rising
61 Aruba 2.36 years 2024 up 8.9% rising
62 Argentina 2.35 years 2023 up 5.9% rising
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.32 years 2024 up 55.8% rising
64 Chile 2.29 years 2024 down 3.6% rising
65 Nepal 2.28 years 2025 up 32.7% volatile
66 Kazakhstan 2.26 years 2025 down 6.8% rising
67 Lebanon 2.26 years 2024 up 12.8% rising
68 Ghana 2.23 years 2024 up 0.4% volatile
69 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.22 years 2024 up 0.3% falling
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.19 years 2023 down 1.8% rising
71 Mauritius 2.19 years 2024 up 12.1% rising
72 United Kingdom 2.18 years 2023 up 40.4% rising
73 Ecuador 2.17 years 2023 up 17.2% rising
74 Kenya 2.12 years 2023 up 19.7% rising
75 Liechtenstein 2.11 years 2021 up 11.2% flat
76 Gibraltar 2.11 years 2024 down 0.0% volatile
77 Malta 2.1 years 2023 down 2.9% flat
78 Gambia 2.09 years 2025 up 41.6% rising
79 Thailand 2.09 years 2025 up 4.9% volatile
80 Costa Rica 2.08 years 2024 up 35.8% rising
81 Cape Verde 2.08 years 2022 down 1.8% rising
82 Mexico 2.07 years 2024 down 4.2% rising
83 United States 2.05 years 2022 down 3.7% rising
84 El Salvador 2.05 years 2024 down 1.0% volatile
85 Switzerland 2.03 years 2024 down 0.3% flat
86 Greece 2.02 years 2023 up 33.7% rising
87 Nicaragua 2.01 years 2023 up 19.9% volatile
88 Brunei 1.99 years 2024 down 8.5% rising
89 Antigua and Barbuda 1.99 years 2018 up 7.6% rising
90 Australia 1.96 years 2024 up 72.1% rising
91 United Arab Emirates 1.96 years 2024 up 9.0% rising
92 Malaysia 1.91 years 2024 up 6.7% rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 1.88 years 2025 up 77.8% volatile
94 Seychelles 1.86 years 2024 down 21.4% rising
95 Guyana 1.86 years 2024 down 0.2% rising
96 Dominican Republic 1.86 years 2024 up 26.6% rising
97 Papua New Guinea 1.85 years 2023 up 8.6% volatile
98 Nauru 1.85 years 2025 down 20.2% falling
99 Brazil 1.84 years 2024 up 10.0% rising
100 Dominica 1.84 years 2023 up 5.8% rising
101 Vanuatu 1.84 years 2024 down 5.7% volatile
102 Solomon Islands 1.8 years 2024 down 37.5% rising
103 Georgia 1.79 years 2007 up 61.8% rising
104 Rwanda 1.77 years 2024 up 228.4% volatile
105 New Zealand 1.76 years 2024 down 4.4% flat
106 India 1.74 years 2025 down 8.1% volatile
107 Liberia 1.72 years 2022 down 65.3% volatile
108 Cayman Islands 1.7 years 2024 up 0.8% rising
109 Guatemala 1.69 years 2024 up 24.0% rising
110 Armenia 1.68 years 2024 up 12.4% falling
111 Ireland 1.67 years 2022 up 62.5% rising
112 Suriname 1.66 years 2024 up 0.9% falling
113 Pakistan 1.63 years 2024 up 57.2% rising
114 Paraguay 1.6 years 2024 up 27.2% volatile
115 Qatar 1.59 years 2024 down 7.6% volatile
116 Maldives 1.58 years 2024 down 53.1% rising
117 Türkiye 1.55 years 2023 up 87.5% volatile
118 Bahrain 1.52 years 2024 down 14.5% rising
119 Trinidad and Tobago 1.52 years 2024 up 5.0% rising
120 Azerbaijan 1.5 years 2024 up 101.4% rising
121 Laos 1.49 years 2025 up 35.0% volatile
122 Zimbabwe 1.48 years 2024 up 44.9% rising
123 Barbados 1.45 years 2024 down 14.9% rising
124 Saint Lucia 1.45 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
125 Bhutan 1.44 years 2024 up 252.7% volatile
126 Morocco 1.43 years 2024 up 44.8% rising
127 North Macedonia 1.43 years 2023 up 52.4% rising
128 Canada 1.39 years 2023 down 2.0% flat
129 Bolivia 1.35 years 2024 up 0.2% rising
130 Comoros 1.33 years 2024 up 85.0% volatile
131 Puerto Rico 1.32 years 2024 down 26.4% falling
132 Sri Lanka 1.31 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
133 Sao Tome and Principe 1.3 years 2017 up 10.4% rising
134 Panama 1.26 years 2024 down 12.1% volatile
135 Madagascar 1.25 years 2024 up 216.7% volatile
136 Ethiopia 1.25 years 2024 up 86.3% volatile
137 Tunisia 1.23 years 2016 up 110.7% volatile
138 Palestine 1.18 years 2023 up 30.9% rising
139 Bangladesh 1.15 years 2024 up 28.8% volatile
140 Cambodia 1.13 years 2024 up 117.3% volatile
141 Indonesia 1.12 years 2025 down 1.3% volatile
142 Marshall Islands 1.12 years 2024 up 20.3% falling
143 Oman 1.1 years 2024 up 5.8% volatile
144 Tonga 1.09 years 2024 up 24.3% rising
145 Kuwait 1.05 years 2021 down 34.8% rising
146 Fiji 1.04 years 2024 up 163.7% volatile
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.04 years 2023 up 130.2% rising
148 Bahamas 1.03 years 2024 up 23.0% rising
149 Lithuania 1.01 years 2024 down 70.1% rising
150 Equatorial Guinea 0.9787 years 2015 up 5.0% rising
151 Honduras 0.9702 years 2024 down 14.0% volatile
152 British Virgin Islands 0.9601 years 2024 down 52.6% rising
153 Belize 0.9459 years 2024 down 9.3% rising
154 Samoa 0.9176 years 2024 up 29.4% rising
155 Togo 0.9007 years 2024 up 104.5% volatile
156 Philippines 0.8832 years 2024 down 7.6% volatile
157 Sudan 0.8831 years 2019 up 40.1% rising
158 Lesotho 0.856 years 2022 down 30.1% rising
159 Jordan 0.8419 years 2024 up 17.1% rising
160 Bermuda 0.8352 years 2023 up 61.0% volatile
161 Sierra Leone 0.8286 years 2024 up 188.9% volatile
162 Tanzania 0.82 years 2024 up 19.9% rising
163 Saudi Arabia 0.8061 years 2024 up 64.0% rising
164 Eswatini 0.798 years 2015 up 10.5% rising
165 Botswana 0.7883 years 2022 up 79.2% rising
166 South Africa 0.7777 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
167 Cameroon 0.7653 years 2024 up 11.5% volatile
168 Senegal 0.7569 years 2024 up 52.8% volatile
169 Micronesia (country) 0.7252 years 2024 down 7.7% rising
170 Angola 0.7193 years 2023 down 23.5% rising
171 Namibia 0.7122 years 2024 up 52.1% volatile
172 Iran 0.6837 years 2020 up 62.5% volatile
173 Eritrea 0.6169 years 2022 up 21.7% volatile
174 Algeria 0.6158 years 2025 up 19.0% volatile
175 Egypt 0.6037 years 2024 up 18.3% volatile
176 Burundi 0.5578 years 2025 up 147.1% volatile
177 Guinea 0.5051 years 2020 up 34.7% volatile
178 Uganda 0.4654 years 2017 up 36.4% volatile
179 Benin 0.4162 years 2022 up 20.4% volatile
180 Nigeria 0.3884 years 2023 up 185.0% falling
181 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3795 years 2024 up 104.9% volatile
182 Syria 0.3718 years 2024 up 161.9% rising
183 Tajikistan 0.3435 years 2017 up 4.7% falling
184 Djibouti 0.3032 years 2023 up 338.6% volatile
185 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.242 years 2023 up 107.7% volatile
186 Burkina Faso 0.2326 years 2024 up 88.7% volatile
187 Niger 0.2324 years 2024 up 2.7% volatile
188 Mali 0.2177 years 2023 up 55.8% rising
189 Guinea-Bissau 0.1971 years 2010 up 75.0% volatile
190 Iraq 0.1839 years 2023 down 8.4% rising
191 Libya 0.1809 years 2006 up 84.8% rising
192 Myanmar 0.1792 years 2018 up 45.1% volatile
193 Congo 0.1586 years 2023 down 58.0% volatile
194 Mozambique 0.1048 years 1986 up 1,923.0% volatile
195 Central African Republic 0.0742 years 2017 down 18.9% falling
196 Chad 0.0563 years 2024 up 150.6% rising
197 Yemen 0.0379 years 2016 up 66.4% rising
198 Afghanistan 0.0274 years 2003 down 50.4% volatile
199 Somalia 0.0079 years 1986 up 5.8% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
426 places, 13,947 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release