School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7259 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7259 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
177th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7259 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2724 years
in 1984
Years of data
40
1983–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.7259 years. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.7259 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2724 years, in 1984.
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 177th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2732 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2724 years | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2726 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2773 years | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.2923 years | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 0.2942 years | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.2885 years | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.29 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2867 years | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2861 years | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.286 years | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2892 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2874 years | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2863 years | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.2962 years | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3187 years | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 0.325 years | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3423 years | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3728 years | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4059 years | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 0.415 years | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4423 years | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4776 years | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4642 years | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4784 years | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4998 years | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.5446 years | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 0.624 years | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6838 years | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5513 years | -19.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5952 years | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6224 years | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6291 years | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6266 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6398 years | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6475 years | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6064 years | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6779 years | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 0.7212 years | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 0.7259 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2776 years | 0.2724 years | 0.2923 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.2891 years | 0.286 years | 0.2962 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4042 years | 0.3187 years | 0.4784 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6017 years | 0.4998 years | 0.6838 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6758 years | 0.6064 years | 0.7259 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.25 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.52 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5507 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 78.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.7259 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7259 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2724 years in 1984.
- How does SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 177th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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