School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.9281 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) is 0.9281 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9281 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3395 years, in 1973.
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 145th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3417 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.3409 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.3397 years | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.3395 years | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.342 years | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.3525 years | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3704 years | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 0.381 years | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.3814 years | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3865 years | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3865 years | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3832 years | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.3909 years | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3911 years | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.4 years | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.3911 years | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 0.3959 years | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.3988 years | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3994 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.406 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.4156 years | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.425 years | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.4287 years | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.428 years | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4299 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.4383 years | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.4504 years | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4621 years | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.4793 years | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4811 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4955 years | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.4739 years | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4402 years | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3942 years | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4303 years | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4873 years | +13.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6181 years | +26.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6658 years | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7075 years | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.701 years | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7471 years | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7289 years | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6598 years | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6665 years | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6525 years | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6599 years | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6599 years | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7173 years | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7644 years | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 0.783 years | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7861 years | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.767 years | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7638 years | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8484 years | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9281 years | +9.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +26.9% | 0.4873 years | 0.6181 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3575 years | 0.3395 years | 0.3865 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3943 years | 0.3832 years | 0.406 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4438 years | 0.4156 years | 0.4811 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5414 years | 0.3942 years | 0.7075 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7039 years | 0.6525 years | 0.783 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8187 years | 0.7638 years | 0.9281 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.9281 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9281 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3395 years in 1973.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 145th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 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