School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7333 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), 1974β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) stood at 0.7333 years. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) peaked at 0.7333 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2335 years, in 1974.
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) ranks 166th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2455 years | 0.2335 years | 0.2562 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.2666 years | 0.2593 years | 0.2797 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2854 years | 0.2799 years | 0.2987 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4047 years | 0.3199 years | 0.4952 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.608 years | 0.5156 years | 0.6763 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.683 years | 0.6199 years | 0.7333 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- 163 Saudi Arabia 0.8061 years compare
- 164 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0.798 years compare
- 165 Botswana 0.7883 years compare
- 166 South Africa 0.7777 years compare
- 167 Cameroon 0.7653 years compare
- 168 Senegal 0.7569 years compare
- 169 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.7252 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) was 0.7333 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7333 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2335 years in 1974.
- How does ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release