School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Africa
UNICEF: Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7333 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7333 years
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
166th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7333 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2335 years
in 1974
Years of data
51
1974–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Africa, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNICEF: Africa recorded 0.7333 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2024. 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 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Africa peaked at 0.7333 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2335 years, in 1974.
That places UNICEF: Africa 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Africa, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.2335 years | — |
| 1975 | 0.2369 years | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.243 years | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 0.2499 years | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.2533 years | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.2562 years | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2612 years | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.2615 years | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.2632 years | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.2593 years | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.2614 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.2633 years | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.2676 years | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2724 years | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2759 years | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2797 years | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.283 years | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2808 years | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2816 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2799 years | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2808 years | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2829 years | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.2877 years | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2881 years | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2909 years | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2987 years | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3199 years | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.3259 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3422 years | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3714 years | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4001 years | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4111 years | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4412 years | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4713 years | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 0.4682 years | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4952 years | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5156 years | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.555 years | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6193 years | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6763 years | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5677 years | -16.0% |
| 2015 | 0.604 years | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6272 years | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6345 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6324 years | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6479 years | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6587 years | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6199 years | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.6794 years | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7235 years | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7333 years | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2455 years | 0.2335 years | 0.2562 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.2666 years | 0.2593 years | 0.2797 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2854 years | 0.2799 years | 0.2987 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4047 years | 0.3199 years | 0.4952 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.608 years | 0.5156 years | 0.6763 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.683 years | 0.6199 years | 0.7333 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Africa
- 163 Lesotho 0.856 years compare
- 164 Jordan 0.8419 years compare
- 165 Bermuda 0.8352 years compare
- 166 Sierra Leone 0.8286 years compare
- 167 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.82 years compare
- 168 Saudi Arabia 0.8061 years compare
- 169 Eswatini 0.798 years compare
More education data for UNICEF: Africa
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Africa?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Africa was 0.7333 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7333 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2335 years in 1974.
- How does UNICEF: Africa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- UNICEF: Africa ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: 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