School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.9966 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9966 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
136th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9966 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.3861 years
in 1998
Years of data
35
1990–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1990–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa stood at 0.9966 years. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 0.9966 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3861 years, in 1998.
That places UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.4077 years | — |
| 1991 | 0.3977 years | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.4001 years | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.393 years | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.3916 years | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3904 years | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3943 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3897 years | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.3861 years | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3997 years | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4184 years | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4294 years | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4357 years | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4747 years | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4875 years | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5059 years | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.5243 years | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5687 years | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5588 years | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5689 years | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5922 years | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6125 years | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6888 years | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.7441 years | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7788 years | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8264 years | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8809 years | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9025 years | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9025 years | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9158 years | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9179 years | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8981 years | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9743 years | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9923 years | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9966 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.395 years | 0.3861 years | 0.4077 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4972 years | 0.4184 years | 0.5689 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7845 years | 0.5922 years | 0.9158 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9558 years | 0.8981 years | 0.9966 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- 133 Comoros 1.33 years compare
- 134 Puerto Rico 1.32 years compare
- 135 Sri Lanka 1.31 years compare
- 136 Sao Tome and Principe 1.3 years compare
- 137 Panama 1.26 years compare
- 138 Madagascar 1.25 years compare
- 139 Ethiopia 1.25 years compare
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.02 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.85 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 99.95 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 0.9966 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9966 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3861 years in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern 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