School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) was 0.9208 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) stood at 0.9208 years. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 0.9208 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6186 years, in 1993.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 143rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.6186 years | — |
| 1994 | 0.6238 years | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.624 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6469 years | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 0.6463 years | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.656 years | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.6647 years | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7242 years | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 0.7541 years | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7531 years | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8006 years | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8234 years | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.845 years | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8613 years | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8726 years | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8591 years | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8386 years | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8158 years | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.768 years | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 0.7785 years | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7918 years | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8136 years | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.84 years | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8607 years | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.875 years | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8714 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8823 years | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8863 years | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.892 years | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.902 years | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9115 years | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9208 years | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.64 years | 0.6186 years | 0.6647 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8132 years | 0.7242 years | 0.8726 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8297 years | 0.768 years | 0.8823 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9025 years | 0.8863 years | 0.9208 years | 5 |
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More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.9208 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9208 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6186 years in 1993.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 143rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release