School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 1.43 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.43 years
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
106th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.46 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.9389 years
in 1984
Years of data
42
1983–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries recorded 1.43 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 1.46 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9389 years, in 1984.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 106th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.9395 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.9389 years | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9415 years | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.9484 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.9655 years | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.9777 years | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9754 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9667 years | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.9677 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9788 years | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9871 years | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.9915 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 1 years | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 1.02 years | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 1.03 years | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 1.05 years | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.04 years | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.05 years | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.05 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.03 years | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 1.04 years | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.06 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1.08 years | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 1.12 years | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.15 years | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1.17 years | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.19 years | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1.21 years | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.26 years | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 1.33 years | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1.37 years | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1.35 years | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 1.37 years | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.4 years | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.41 years | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.43 years | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.46 years | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.45 years | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.38 years | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 1.33 years | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 1.42 years | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 1.43 years | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9553 years | 0.9389 years | 0.9777 years | 7 |
| 1990s | 1 years | 0.9667 years | 1.05 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 years | 1.03 years | 1.19 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 years | 1.21 years | 1.46 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4 years | 1.33 years | 1.45 years | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 274.67 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 178.96 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 371.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 374.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 181.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 1.43 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9389 years in 1984.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 106th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef 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