School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)

ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7339 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.7339 years
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
165th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7339 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2775 years
in 1984
Years of data
39
1983–2024

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1983–2024

00.20.40.60.81983200320241983: 0.278 years1984: 0.277 years1985: 0.278 years1986: 0.282 years1990: 0.298 years1991: 0.293 years1992: 0.294 years1993: 0.291 years1994: 0.29 years1995: 0.29 years1996: 0.293 years1997: 0.292 years1998: 0.291 years1999: 0.3 years2000: 0.322 years2001: 0.328 years2002: 0.344 years2003: 0.377 years2004: 0.408 years2005: 0.416 years2006: 0.444 years2007: 0.478 years2008: 0.468 years2009: 0.486 years2010: 0.505 years2011: 0.551 years2012: 0.628 years2013: 0.694 years2014: 0.563 years2015: 0.605 years2016: 0.632 years2017: 0.639 years2018: 0.637 years2019: 0.651 years2020: 0.658 years2021: 0.619 years2022: 0.688 years2023: 0.73 years2024: 0.734 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) stood at 0.7339 years. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.7339 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2775 years, in 1984.

That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 165th 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 39 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.2789 years 0.2775 years 0.2821 years 4
1990s 0.2933 years 0.2903 years 0.3 years 10
2000s 0.407 years 0.3217 years 0.4855 years 10
2010s 0.6105 years 0.5051 years 0.6943 years 10
2020s 0.6856 years 0.6186 years 0.7339 years 5

Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)

  1. 162 Sudan 0.8831 years compare
  2. 163 Lesotho 0.856 years compare
  3. 164 Jordan 0.8419 years compare
  4. 165 Bermuda 0.8352 years compare
  5. 166 Sierra Leone 0.8286 years compare
  6. 167 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.82 years compare
  7. 168 Saudi Arabia 0.8061 years compare

See the full ranking of 426 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.7339 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
The highest recorded value was 0.7339 years in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2775 years in 1984.
How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 165th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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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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