School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.724 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
SDG: Least Developed Countries recorded 0.724 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.724 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1336 years, in 1972.
SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 178th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1691 years | 0.1336 years | 0.2131 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.2601 years | 0.2252 years | 0.2838 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2728 years | 0.2609 years | 0.2817 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3018 years | 0.2628 years | 0.3678 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5617 years | 0.3912 years | 0.6655 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6986 years | 0.6649 years | 0.724 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 87.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 74.48 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 0.724 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.724 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1336 years in 1972.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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