School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
205
Highest
14.49 years
East Timor
Lowest
0.0059 years
Somalia
Median
1.79 years
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
13,939
What the numbers show
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 14.49 years in East Timor; the lowest is 0.0059 years in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.79 years, and the mean is 1.88 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,448.
Over the past decade 147 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 3,430.2%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 70.0%).
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Timor | 14.49 years | 2022 | up 3,430.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4.52 years | 1987 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 3.97 years | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3.92 years | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Latvia | 3.9 years | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 3.86 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 3.69 years | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 3.69 years | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 9 | Andorra | 3.62 years | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 10 | Mongolia | 3.62 years | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 3.55 years | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 3.5 years | 2012 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 13 | Hungary | 3.42 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 14 | Russia | 3.4 years | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 15 | Belarus | 3.32 years | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 16 | Croatia | 3.32 years | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 17 | Palau | 3.31 years | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 3.31 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 19 | Czechia | 3.25 years | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 3.24 years | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 21 | France | 3.22 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 22 | Martinique | 3.19 years | 1996 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 3.17 years | 2025 | up 221.2% | rising |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 3.14 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Jamaica | 3.12 years | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 26 | Tuvalu | 3.1 years | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 3.1 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 28 | Cuba | 3.1 years | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Slovakia | 3.08 years | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 30 | Israel | 3.05 years | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 31 | Reunion | 3.04 years | 1987 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 32 | Guadeloupe | 3.03 years | 1994 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 33 | New Caledonia | 3.01 years | 1991 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 2.99 years | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 35 | San Marino | 2.97 years | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 36 | Spain | 2.95 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 37 | Denmark | 2.93 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 38 | Slovenia | 2.93 years | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 39 | Moldova | 2.93 years | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 2.92 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 2.91 years | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | China | 2.91 years | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 43 | French Polynesia | 2.9 years | 1996 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 44 | Iceland | 2.89 years | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 2.88 years | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 46 | South Korea | 2.87 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 2.84 years | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 48 | Vietnam | 2.82 years | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 2.8 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Netherlands | 2.77 years | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Monaco | 2.75 years | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 52 | Serbia | 2.73 years | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 53 | Grenada | 2.72 years | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 54 | Nepal | 2.69 years | 2025 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Macao | 2.66 years | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 56 | Romania | 2.54 years | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 57 | Ukraine | 2.53 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 58 | Uruguay | 2.49 years | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 59 | Maldives | 2.48 years | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 60 | Montenegro | 2.47 years | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 61 | Colombia | 2.41 years | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritius | 2.36 years | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 63 | Chile | 2.34 years | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 2.29 years | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.28 years | 2024 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 66 | Gibraltar | 2.28 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Argentina | 2.28 years | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 68 | Ghana | 2.26 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Aruba | 2.25 years | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 70 | Lebanon | 2.22 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 71 | American Samoa | 2.21 years | 1990 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 72 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.2 years | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 2.18 years | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 74 | United States | 2.18 years | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 75 | Thailand | 2.11 years | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Malta | 2.09 years | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 77 | Kenya | 2.08 years | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 2.07 years | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 79 | Ecuador | 2.05 years | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 80 | Greece | 2.05 years | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 81 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.04 years | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 82 | Switzerland | 2.04 years | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 83 | Liechtenstein | 2.03 years | 2021 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 84 | Mexico | 2.02 years | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 85 | Australia | 2.01 years | 2024 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 1.99 years | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 1.96 years | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 88 | El Salvador | 1.96 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Brunei | 1.94 years | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 90 | British Virgin Islands | 1.91 years | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 91 | Gambia | 1.89 years | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 92 | Malaysia | 1.89 years | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 93 | Guyana | 1.88 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 94 | Montserrat | 1.87 years | 2020 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 1.87 years | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Cayman Islands | 1.85 years | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 1.84 years | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 1.83 years | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 99 | Nauru | 1.83 years | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 100 | Brazil | 1.82 years | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 101 | Anguilla | 1.82 years | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 102 | Rwanda | 1.8 years | 2024 | up 256.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Dominica | 1.79 years | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 104 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.79 years | 2018 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 1.79 years | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 1.78 years | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 107 | New Zealand | 1.76 years | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 108 | Seychelles | 1.76 years | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 109 | India | 1.7 years | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Armenia | 1.69 years | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 111 | Suriname | 1.69 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 112 | Ireland | 1.68 years | 2022 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 113 | Guatemala | 1.67 years | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 114 | Liberia | 1.67 years | 2022 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.62 years | 2025 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 116 | Turkey | 1.61 years | 2023 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Pakistan | 1.6 years | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 118 | Paraguay | 1.58 years | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Georgia | 1.57 years | 2007 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 120 | Qatar | 1.56 years | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Tokelau | 1.53 years | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 122 | Bahrain | 1.53 years | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 123 | Cook Islands | 1.51 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 1.49 years | 2024 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 1.48 years | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 1.44 years | 2023 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 127 | Laos | 1.43 years | 2025 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.42 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 129 | Bhutan | 1.42 years | 2024 | up 293.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Canada | 1.41 years | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 131 | Niue | 1.4 years | 2025 | up 180.8% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 1.39 years | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 133 | Morocco | 1.39 years | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 1.38 years | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 135 | Bolivia | 1.35 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 1.32 years | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 1.3 years | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 1.29 years | 2024 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Comoros | 1.29 years | 2024 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Panama | 1.24 years | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.23 years | 2017 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 142 | Tunisia | 1.21 years | 2016 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 143 | Indonesia | 1.18 years | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Palestine | 1.16 years | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 145 | Madagascar | 1.14 years | 2024 | up 206.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Fiji | 1.08 years | 2024 | up 168.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.08 years | 2023 | up 133.2% | rising |
| 148 | Cambodia | 1.07 years | 2024 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 1.06 years | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 150 | Marshall Islands | 1.05 years | 2024 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 151 | Oman | 1.03 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Lithuania | 1.02 years | 2024 | down 70.0% | rising |
| 153 | Bermuda | 1.02 years | 2023 | up 92.3% | falling |
| 154 | Tonga | 1.01 years | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 155 | Kuwait | 0.9921 years | 2021 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9751 years | 2015 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 157 | Bahamas | 0.9634 years | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 158 | Honduras | 0.9361 years | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Philippines | 0.927 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Eswatini | 0.8931 years | 2015 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Belize | 0.8914 years | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 162 | Sudan | 0.8841 years | 2019 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 163 | Togo | 0.8653 years | 2024 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Samoa | 0.8567 years | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 165 | Tanzania | 0.8298 years | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 166 | Lesotho | 0.8175 years | 2022 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 167 | Jordan | 0.7934 years | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7805 years | 2024 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 169 | South Africa | 0.7794 years | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 170 | Botswana | 0.7778 years | 2022 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 0.7533 years | 2024 | up 192.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Angola | 0.7496 years | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 173 | Cameroon | 0.7486 years | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Micronesia (country) | 0.7323 years | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 175 | Namibia | 0.6958 years | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Iran | 0.6604 years | 2020 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Eritrea | 0.6504 years | 2022 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Senegal | 0.6244 years | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Algeria | 0.608 years | 2025 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Egypt | 0.608 years | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Burundi | 0.5424 years | 2025 | up 146.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Guinea | 0.5117 years | 2020 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Uganda | 0.4517 years | 2017 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Helena | 0.421 years | 1986 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Tajikistan | 0.4161 years | 2017 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 186 | Benin | 0.4094 years | 2022 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Syria | 0.3708 years | 2024 | up 153.4% | rising |
| 188 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3457 years | 2024 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Nigeria | 0.3296 years | 2023 | up 130.3% | falling |
| 190 | Djibouti | 0.3284 years | 2023 | up 382.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Burkina Faso | 0.2329 years | 2024 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2311 years | 2023 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Niger | 0.2167 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Mali | 0.21 years | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 195 | Libya | 0.1854 years | 2006 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 196 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1838 years | 2010 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Iraq | 0.1752 years | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 198 | Myanmar | 0.1691 years | 2018 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Congo | 0.1414 years | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Mozambique | 0.1229 years | 1986 | up 2,594.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Central African Republic | 0.0707 years | 2017 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 202 | Chad | 0.0601 years | 2024 | up 181.8% | rising |
| 203 | Yemen | 0.0419 years | 2016 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 0.0349 years | 2003 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 205 | Somalia | 0.0059 years | 1986 | down 30.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 3.42 years
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 3.18 years
- WB: European Union 3.18 years
- WB: Euro Area 3.09 years
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 3.09 years
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 3.08 years
- SDG: Europe 3.06 years
- UNICEF: Western Europe 3.02 years
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 2.98 years
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 2.89 years
- SDG: Eastern Asia 2.89 years
- MDG: Eastern Asia 2.88 years
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 2.76 years
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 2.74 years
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 2.73 years
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 2.73 years
- MDG: Developed Regions 2.71 years
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 2.71 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 2.71 years
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 2.71 years
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 2.71 years
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 2.68 years
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 2.59 years
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 2.59 years
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 2.58 years
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 2.55 years
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 2.54 years
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 2.53 years
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 2.52 years
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 2.45 years
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 2.44 years
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2.44 years
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 2.43 years
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 2.42 years
- WB: Oecd Members 2.41 years
- AIMS: Central Asia 2.35 years
- SDG: Central Asia 2.35 years
- UIS: Central Asia 2.32 years
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 2.27 years
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 2.25 years
About this data
February 2026 Data Release