School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia
Gambia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 2.09 years in 2025. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia, 1998β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 2.09 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia peaked at 2.09 years in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.573 years, in 1999.
Gambia ranks 78th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6119 years | 0.573 years | 0.6508 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8136 years | 0.5833 years | 1.08 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.46 years | 1.12 years | 1.76 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.92 years | 1.77 years | 2.09 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 75 Liechtenstein 2.11 years compare
- 76 Gibraltar 2.11 years compare
- 77 Malta 2.1 years compare
- 79 Thailand 2.09 years compare
- 80 Costa Rica 2.08 years compare
- 81 Cape Verde 2.08 years compare
More education data for Gambia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,495 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia was 2.09 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.09 years in 2025.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.573 years in 1999.
- How does Gambia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- Gambia ranks 78th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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