School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.7295 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 0.7295 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.7295 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2816 years, in 1985.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 165th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2834 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2823 years | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2816 years | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2894 years | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.2952 years | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2961 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.2987 years | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.299 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2991 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3002 years | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.3039 years | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.3029 years | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3048 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.311 years | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3313 years | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3361 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3674 years | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3876 years | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4144 years | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4189 years | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4438 years | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4713 years | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4722 years | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5038 years | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5034 years | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5429 years | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6259 years | +15.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6835 years | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5609 years | -17.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6059 years | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6352 years | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6453 years | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6457 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6562 years | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6602 years | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6196 years | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 0.689 years | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7246 years | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7295 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2842 years | 0.2816 years | 0.2894 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.3011 years | 0.2952 years | 0.311 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4147 years | 0.3313 years | 0.5038 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6105 years | 0.5034 years | 0.6835 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6846 years | 0.6196 years | 0.7295 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 38.99 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 100.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 80.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 40.06 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.7295 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7295 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2816 years in 1985.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 165th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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