School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.7284 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) is 0.7284 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) peaked at 0.7284 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2676 years, in 1974.
That places ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2814 years | 0.2676 years | 0.295 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.3019 years | 0.2954 years | 0.3078 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.317 years | 0.3072 years | 0.3276 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4228 years | 0.3461 years | 0.5197 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6133 years | 0.5253 years | 0.6716 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6818 years | 0.6208 years | 0.7284 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- 163 Togo 0.8653 years compare
- 164 Samoa 0.8567 years compare
- 165 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8298 years compare
- 166 Lesotho 0.8175 years compare
- 167 Jordan 0.7934 years compare
- 168 Saudi Arabia 0.7805 years compare
- 169 South Africa 0.7794 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) was 0.7284 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7284 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2676 years in 1974.
- How does ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 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