School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.9206 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) stood at 0.9206 years. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 0.9206 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6068 years, in 1995.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 146th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.6114 years | — |
| 1994 | 0.6109 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6068 years | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.6233 years | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.612 years | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6101 years | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.628 years | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6873 years | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 0.7227 years | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7328 years | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7585 years | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7973 years | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8381 years | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8767 years | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9133 years | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8081 years | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8143 years | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8191 years | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8283 years | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8262 years | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8258 years | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8323 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8423 years | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8408 years | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8559 years | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8561 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8688 years | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.877 years | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.8839 years | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8965 years | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9094 years | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9206 years | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6146 years | 0.6068 years | 0.628 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.7949 years | 0.6873 years | 0.9133 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8396 years | 0.8191 years | 0.8688 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8975 years | 0.877 years | 0.9206 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.02 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.01 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 17.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 5.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.9206 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9206 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6068 years in 1995.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 146th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release