School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7819 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7819 years
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
159th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7819 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2996 years
in 1974
Years of data
51
1974–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia stood at 0.7819 years. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 0.7819 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2996 years, in 1974.
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 159th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.2996 years | — |
| 1975 | 0.3017 years | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.3062 years | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.3109 years | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.3066 years | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.3089 years | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3106 years | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.3135 years | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.3151 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.3165 years | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.3213 years | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3243 years | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.3251 years | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3261 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.3237 years | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.3257 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.3274 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.3311 years | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.3239 years | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3242 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.3227 years | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3208 years | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3251 years | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3305 years | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 0.3402 years | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3376 years | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3473 years | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3508 years | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3611 years | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.378 years | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3866 years | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.408 years | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4445 years | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4653 years | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5034 years | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5676 years | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 0.589 years | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6145 years | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6099 years | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.6111 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6322 years | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6381 years | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.6486 years | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6725 years | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6946 years | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.7184 years | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7409 years | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.6671 years | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7474 years | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7714 years | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7819 years | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3056 years | 0.2996 years | 0.3109 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.3202 years | 0.3106 years | 0.3261 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3284 years | 0.3208 years | 0.3402 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4213 years | 0.3473 years | 0.5676 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6429 years | 0.589 years | 0.7184 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7417 years | 0.6671 years | 0.7819 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 61.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5703 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7875 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia was 0.7819 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7819 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2996 years in 1974.
- How does SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 159th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 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