School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) was 1.97 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States is 1.97 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 1.99 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6907 years, in 1974.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 69th 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 (years) (years female) in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.6907 years | — |
| 1975 | 0.7092 years | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.7415 years | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7635 years | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 0.761 years | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7564 years | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7555 years | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.7523 years | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7641 years | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7729 years | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7631 years | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.7602 years | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7671 years | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7795 years | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8153 years | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8283 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8403 years | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8711 years | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8685 years | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.9008 years | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9157 years | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9535 years | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9891 years | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 1.02 years | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 1.06 years | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 1.38 years | +30.1% |
| 2000 | 1.41 years | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1.42 years | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.44 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.46 years | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.51 years | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1.54 years | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 1.57 years | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 1.59 years | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.63 years | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.64 years | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.75 years | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 1.83 years | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 1.82 years | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.85 years | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1.88 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.9 years | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.9 years | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.92 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.94 years | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.99 years | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1.97 years | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.83 years | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 1.91 years | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 1.96 years | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 1.97 years | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) (years female) in SDG: Small Island Developing States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +30.1% | 1.06 years | 1.38 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7371 years | 0.6907 years | 0.7635 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.7758 years | 0.7523 years | 0.8283 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9802 years | 0.8403 years | 1.38 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.52 years | 1.41 years | 1.64 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 years | 1.75 years | 1.99 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.93 years | 1.83 years | 1.97 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 66 Nepal 2.28 years compare
- 67 Kazakhstan 2.26 years compare
- 68 Lebanon 2.26 years compare
- 69 Ghana 2.23 years compare
- 70 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.22 years compare
- 71 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.19 years compare
- 72 Mauritius 2.19 years compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 1.97 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 1.99 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6907 years in 1974.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 69th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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