School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.8061 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Saudi Arabia, 1979β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.8061 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.1% on the previous year and up 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.8768 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1156 years, in 1979.
That places Saudi Arabia 163rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1156 years | 0.1156 years | 0.1156 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4107 years | 0.4059 years | 0.4282 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5933 years | 0.4275 years | 0.7699 years | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7354 years | 0.5114 years | 0.8768 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 160 Bermuda 0.8352 years compare
- 161 Sierra Leone 0.8286 years compare
- 162 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.82 years compare
- 164 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0.798 years compare
- 165 Botswana 0.7883 years compare
- 166 South Africa 0.7777 years compare
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 244,652 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.31 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Saudi Arabia?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Saudi Arabia was 0.8061 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8768 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1156 years in 1979.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 163rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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