School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years 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.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2782 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2775 years | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2777 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2821 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2983 years | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 0.2928 years | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2943 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.291 years | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2905 years | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2903 years | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2934 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2918 years | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2906 years | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.3 years | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3217 years | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3277 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3441 years | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3768 years | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4081 years | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4163 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4443 years | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.478 years | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4681 years | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4855 years | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5051 years | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5512 years | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 0.628 years | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6943 years | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 0.563 years | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6047 years | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6319 years | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6392 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6369 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6506 years | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6582 years | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6186 years | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6877 years | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7295 years | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7339 years | +0.6% |
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 |
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More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.51 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
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