School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.6556 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6556 years
Change on year
up 2.4%
Rank
186th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6556 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2184 years
in 1973
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa recorded 0.6556 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 0.6556 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2184 years, in 1973.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 186th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2267 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2234 years | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.2201 years | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.2184 years | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2189 years | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2299 years | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2509 years | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 0.2626 years | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2606 years | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.2653 years | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.2617 years | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.2522 years | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2562 years | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.252 years | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2594 years | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2391 years | -7.8% |
| 1986 | 0.2413 years | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.2413 years | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.239 years | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2446 years | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.253 years | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 0.2584 years | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.2587 years | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2555 years | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2557 years | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2632 years | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2754 years | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2897 years | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 0.3124 years | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3119 years | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3322 years | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 0.3441 years | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3617 years | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3793 years | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.3905 years | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4137 years | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 0.4414 years | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4516 years | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.47 years | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5124 years | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5185 years | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5243 years | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5037 years | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4942 years | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5401 years | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 0.5512 years | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5585 years | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5793 years | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5929 years | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6185 years | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6365 years | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.5907 years | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 0.6138 years | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6402 years | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.6556 years | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2377 years | 0.2184 years | 0.2653 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2487 years | 0.239 years | 0.2617 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2734 years | 0.253 years | 0.3124 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4097 years | 0.3322 years | 0.5124 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5481 years | 0.4942 years | 0.6185 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6274 years | 0.5907 years | 0.6556 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- 183 Guinea 0.5051 years compare
- 184 Uganda 0.4654 years compare
- 185 Benin 0.4162 years compare
- 186 Nigeria 0.3884 years compare
- 187 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3795 years compare
- 188 Syrian Arab Republic 0.3718 years compare
- 189 Tajikistan 0.3435 years compare
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 0.6556 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6556 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2184 years in 1973.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North 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