School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) was 0.5969 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.5969 years
Change on year
up 2.3%
Rank
192nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.5969 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2077 years
in 1974
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 0.5969 years. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.5969 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2077 years, in 1974.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2132 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2116 years | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.2096 years | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.2094 years | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.2077 years | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.2119 years | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2196 years | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.2265 years | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 0.2215 years | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2244 years | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2261 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.2311 years | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.2361 years | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2392 years | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.2462 years | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2504 years | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.252 years | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2513 years | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.2477 years | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.2506 years | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.2557 years | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2601 years | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2575 years | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.264 years | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.2675 years | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2723 years | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.2768 years | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2833 years | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2945 years | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2911 years | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3019 years | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3023 years | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.3072 years | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.319 years | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3268 years | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.3413 years | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3691 years | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3748 years | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4089 years | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4661 years | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4758 years | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4884 years | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4828 years | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.4932 years | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5223 years | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 0.519 years | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5231 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5339 years | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5402 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.561 years | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5803 years | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.537 years | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 0.5577 years | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.5837 years | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 0.5969 years | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2155 years | 0.2077 years | 0.2265 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2431 years | 0.2261 years | 0.252 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2723 years | 0.2557 years | 0.2945 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3517 years | 0.3019 years | 0.4661 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.514 years | 0.4758 years | 0.561 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5711 years | 0.537 years | 0.5969 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- 189 Tajikistan 0.3435 years compare
- 190 Djibouti 0.3032 years compare
- 191 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.242 years compare
- 192 Burkina Faso 0.2326 years compare
- 193 Niger 0.2324 years compare
- 194 Mali 0.2177 years compare
- 195 Guinea-Bissau 0.1971 years compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7891 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.5969 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5969 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2077 years in 1974.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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