School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) was 0.724 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.724 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
178th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.724 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.1336 years
in 1972
Years of data
53
1972–2024
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.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.1336 years | — |
| 1973 | 0.135 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1483 years | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1613 years | +8.8% |
| 1976 | 0.1739 years | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 0.1872 years | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2005 years | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 0.2131 years | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2252 years | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2376 years | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 0.2492 years | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 0.252 years | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.2581 years | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2625 years | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.272 years | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2773 years | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.2835 years | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2838 years | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2817 years | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.2749 years | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2778 years | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2777 years | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2758 years | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2713 years | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.2696 years | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2677 years | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.2702 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.2609 years | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2628 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.265 years | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2659 years | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.2646 years | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2718 years | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2966 years | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3151 years | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3478 years | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3603 years | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3678 years | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3912 years | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4518 years | +15.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5111 years | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 0.5506 years | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.5644 years | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5758 years | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6141 years | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6452 years | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6473 years | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6655 years | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6767 years | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6649 years | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7065 years | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7209 years | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.724 years | +0.4% |
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
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 75.92 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 11.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.684 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.32 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7503 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 87.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (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