School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa
WB: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7324 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7324 years
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
170th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7324 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2767 years
in 1984
Years of data
39
1983–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa, 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 is 0.7324 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 peaked at 0.7324 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2767 years, in 1984.
WB: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 170th of 221 groups on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2775 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2767 years | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2769 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2813 years | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2975 years | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 0.292 years | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2935 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2903 years | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2897 years | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2896 years | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2927 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.291 years | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2899 years | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.2993 years | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.321 years | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 0.327 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3433 years | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.376 years | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4071 years | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4155 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4435 years | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4771 years | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4673 years | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4847 years | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5043 years | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5503 years | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 0.627 years | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6931 years | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5623 years | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6039 years | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 0.631 years | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6382 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6359 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6496 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 | 0.7324 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2781 years | 0.2767 years | 0.2813 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.2926 years | 0.2896 years | 0.2993 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4062 years | 0.321 years | 0.4847 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6095 years | 0.5043 years | 0.6931 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6843 years | 0.6176 years | 0.7324 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Sub-saharan Africa
- 167 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.82 years compare
- 168 Saudi Arabia 0.8061 years compare
- 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
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.63 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5047 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.7324 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7324 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2767 years in 1984.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 170th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
- 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 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 39 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release