School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
199
Highest
14.49 years
East Timor
Lowest
0.0059 years
Somalia
Median
1.8 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 199 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 1.8 years, and the mean is 1.89 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,448.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 54 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: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Slovak Republic 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 (People's Republic of) 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 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 Papua New Guinea 1.87 years 2023 up 10.6% volatile
95 Cayman Islands 1.85 years 2024 up 12.7% rising
96 United Arab Emirates 1.84 years 2024 down 7.9% rising
97 Solomon Islands 1.83 years 2024 down 36.0% rising
98 Nauru 1.83 years 2025 down 7.6% falling
99 Brazil 1.82 years 2024 up 10.9% rising
100 Rwanda 1.8 years 2024 up 256.7% volatile
101 Dominica 1.79 years 2023 down 11.2% rising
102 Antigua and Barbuda 1.79 years 2018 down 4.3% rising
103 Vanuatu 1.79 years 2024 down 10.0% volatile
104 Dominican Republic 1.78 years 2024 up 26.7% rising
105 New Zealand 1.76 years 2024 down 2.4% flat
106 Seychelles 1.76 years 2024 down 26.0% rising
107 India 1.7 years 2025 down 7.3% volatile
108 Armenia 1.69 years 2024 up 18.0% rising
109 Suriname 1.69 years 2024 up 2.3% flat
110 Ireland 1.68 years 2022 up 63.2% rising
111 Guatemala 1.67 years 2024 up 23.6% rising
112 Liberia 1.67 years 2022 down 67.7% volatile
113 Kyrgyzstan 1.62 years 2025 up 54.0% rising
114 Türkiye 1.61 years 2023 up 87.7% volatile
115 Pakistan 1.6 years 2024 up 35.1% rising
116 Paraguay 1.58 years 2024 up 26.4% volatile
117 Georgia 1.57 years 2007 up 46.5% rising
118 Qatar 1.56 years 2024 down 7.1% volatile
119 Bahrain 1.53 years 2024 down 16.2% rising
120 Azerbaijan 1.49 years 2024 up 106.2% rising
121 Zimbabwe 1.48 years 2024 up 45.7% rising
122 North Macedonia 1.44 years 2023 up 57.2% rising
123 Laos 1.43 years 2025 up 34.7% volatile
124 Trinidad and Tobago 1.42 years 2024 up 0.4% flat
125 Bhutan 1.42 years 2024 up 293.1% volatile
126 Canada 1.41 years 2023 down 1.7% flat
127 Barbados 1.39 years 2024 down 15.1% rising
128 Morocco 1.39 years 2024 up 14.3% falling
129 Saint Lucia 1.38 years 2023 up 7.6% rising
130 Bolivia 1.35 years 2024 up 1.2% rising
131 Sri Lanka 1.32 years 2023 up 11.2% rising
132 Puerto Rico 1.3 years 2024 down 26.3% falling
133 Ethiopia 1.29 years 2024 up 85.1% volatile
134 Comoros 1.29 years 2024 up 91.4% volatile
135 Panama 1.24 years 2024 down 12.2% volatile
136 Sao Tome and Principe 1.23 years 2017 up 9.6% rising
137 Tunisia 1.21 years 2016 up 102.9% rising
138 Indonesia 1.18 years 2025 up 7.1% volatile
139 Palestine 1.16 years 2023 up 24.7% rising
140 Madagascar 1.14 years 2024 up 206.0% volatile
141 Fiji 1.08 years 2024 up 168.9% volatile
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.08 years 2023 up 133.2% rising
143 Cambodia 1.07 years 2024 up 100.7% volatile
144 Bangladesh 1.06 years 2024 up 18.3% rising
145 Marshall Islands 1.05 years 2024 up 17.6% flat
146 Oman 1.03 years 2024 up 1.8% volatile
147 Lithuania 1.02 years 2024 down 70.0% rising
148 Bermuda 1.02 years 2023 up 92.3% falling
149 Tonga 1.01 years 2024 up 21.9% rising
150 Kuwait 0.9921 years 2021 down 36.7% rising
151 Equatorial Guinea 0.9751 years 2015 down 8.5% rising
152 Bahamas 0.9634 years 2024 up 21.7% rising
153 Honduras 0.9361 years 2024 down 14.3% volatile
154 Philippines 0.927 years 2024 down 0.3% volatile
155 Eswatini 0.8931 years 2015 up 26.6% volatile
156 Belize 0.8914 years 2024 down 12.3% rising
157 Sudan 0.8841 years 2019 up 25.5% rising
158 Togo 0.8653 years 2024 up 104.1% volatile
159 Samoa 0.8567 years 2024 up 31.0% rising
160 Tanzania 0.8298 years 2024 up 23.0% rising
161 Lesotho 0.8175 years 2022 down 30.4% rising
162 Jordan 0.7934 years 2024 up 9.1% rising
163 Saudi Arabia 0.7805 years 2024 up 82.9% rising
164 South Africa 0.7794 years 2023 up 6.0% rising
165 Botswana 0.7778 years 2022 up 77.8% rising
166 Sierra Leone 0.7533 years 2024 up 192.8% volatile
167 Angola 0.7496 years 2023 up 16.7% falling
168 Cameroon 0.7486 years 2024 up 10.6% volatile
169 Micronesia (country) 0.7323 years 2024 down 11.6% rising
170 Namibia 0.6958 years 2024 up 51.4% volatile
171 Iran 0.6604 years 2020 up 72.3% volatile
172 Eritrea 0.6504 years 2022 up 26.2% volatile
173 Senegal 0.6244 years 2024 up 43.1% volatile
174 Algeria 0.608 years 2025 up 17.3% volatile
175 Egypt 0.608 years 2024 up 15.7% volatile
176 Burundi 0.5424 years 2025 up 146.3% volatile
177 Guinea 0.5117 years 2020 up 33.8% volatile
178 Uganda 0.4517 years 2017 up 36.2% volatile
179 Tajikistan 0.4161 years 2017 up 14.1% falling
180 Benin 0.4094 years 2022 up 23.6% volatile
181 Syria 0.3708 years 2024 up 153.4% rising
182 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3457 years 2024 up 98.6% volatile
183 Nigeria 0.3296 years 2023 up 130.3% falling
184 Djibouti 0.3284 years 2023 up 382.4% volatile
185 Burkina Faso 0.2329 years 2024 up 99.3% volatile
186 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2311 years 2023 up 110.2% volatile
187 Niger 0.2167 years 2024 up 0.7% volatile
188 Mali 0.21 years 2023 up 55.2% rising
189 Libya 0.1854 years 2006 up 88.0% rising
190 Guinea-Bissau 0.1838 years 2010 up 73.9% volatile
191 Iraq 0.1752 years 2023 down 10.6% rising
192 Myanmar 0.1691 years 2018 up 46.5% volatile
193 Congo 0.1414 years 2023 down 63.0% volatile
194 Mozambique 0.1229 years 1986 up 2,594.5% volatile
195 Central African Republic 0.0707 years 2017 down 15.7% falling
196 Chad 0.0601 years 2024 up 181.8% rising
197 Yemen 0.0419 years 2016 up 58.0% rising
198 Afghanistan 0.0349 years 2003 down 37.3% volatile
199 Somalia 0.0059 years 1986 down 30.6% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
426 places, 13,939 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release