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
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1983–2024
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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)
- 162 Sudan 0.8831 years compare
- 163 Lesotho 0.856 years compare
- 164 Jordan 0.8419 years compare
- 165 Bermuda 0.8352 years compare
- 166 Sierra Leone 0.8286 years compare
- 167 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.82 years compare
- 168 Saudi Arabia 0.8061 years compare
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 38.99 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 100.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 80.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 40.06 million (2024)
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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February 2026 Data Release