School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7323 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) is 0.7323 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.7323 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2765 years, in 1984.
That places WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 172nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2773 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2765 years | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2767 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2811 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2973 years | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 0.2919 years | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2934 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2901 years | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2896 years | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2895 years | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2926 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2909 years | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2898 years | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.2992 years | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.3209 years | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3269 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3432 years | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3759 years | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4071 years | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4154 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4434 years | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.477 years | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4672 years | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4846 years | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5042 years | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5502 years | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6269 years | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 0.693 years | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5622 years | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6038 years | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6309 years | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6382 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6359 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6495 years | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6571 years | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6176 years | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6864 years | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 0.728 years | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7323 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2779 years | 0.2765 years | 0.2811 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.2924 years | 0.2895 years | 0.2992 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4061 years | 0.3209 years | 0.4846 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6095 years | 0.5042 years | 0.693 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6843 years | 0.6176 years | 0.7323 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- 169 Eswatini 0.798 years compare
- 170 Botswana 0.7883 years compare
- 171 South Africa 0.7777 years compare
- 172 Cameroon 0.7653 years compare
- 173 Saint Helena 0.7643 years
- 174 Senegal 0.7569 years compare
- 175 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.7252 years compare
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.34 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.7323 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7323 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2765 years in 1984.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 172nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Sub-saharan 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