School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) was 0.6284 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6284 years
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
189th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6284 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.3054 years
in 1974
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 0.6284 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 0.6284 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3054 years, in 1974.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 189th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3147 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.3127 years | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.311 years | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.3096 years | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.3054 years | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.316 years | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.3292 years | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 0.3388 years | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.3397 years | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.3487 years | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.3557 years | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3705 years | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 0.367 years | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.3729 years | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.3816 years | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.3954 years | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3857 years | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.382 years | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3792 years | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.3813 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.3807 years | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3873 years | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.3865 years | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3881 years | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.3893 years | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3931 years | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.3952 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.3998 years | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.4113 years | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3974 years | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4031 years | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.3935 years | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3941 years | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3931 years | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4005 years | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.414 years | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4276 years | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4275 years | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4593 years | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5028 years | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 0.5096 years | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5168 years | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.5214 years | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4932 years | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5567 years | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5686 years | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5587 years | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5761 years | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5719 years | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5944 years | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6258 years | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.5716 years | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5904 years | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.6212 years | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6284 years | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3226 years | 0.3054 years | 0.3487 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3771 years | 0.3557 years | 0.3954 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3929 years | 0.3807 years | 0.4113 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4216 years | 0.3931 years | 0.5028 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5468 years | 0.4932 years | 0.5944 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6075 years | 0.5716 years | 0.6284 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 186 Benin 0.4094 years compare
- 187 Syria 0.3708 years compare
- 188 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3457 years compare
- 189 Nigeria 0.3296 years compare
- 190 Djibouti 0.3284 years compare
- 191 Burkina Faso 0.2329 years compare
- 192 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2311 years compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.6284 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6284 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3054 years in 1974.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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