School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) was 0.5875 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.5875 years
Change on year
up 2.2%
Rank
194th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.5875 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2685 years
in 1974
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 0.5875 years. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.5875 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2685 years, in 1974.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 194th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2766 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2749 years | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.2733 years | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.2722 years | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.2685 years | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2777 years | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.2872 years | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 0.2932 years | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.2942 years | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.3019 years | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.3075 years | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.321 years | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 0.318 years | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.3225 years | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.3291 years | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.3402 years | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.3314 years | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.3277 years | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.3251 years | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.3273 years | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.328 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3344 years | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3357 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.3383 years | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.3413 years | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.3453 years | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.3461 years | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.3496 years | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.36 years | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3487 years | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.3546 years | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3481 years | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3527 years | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3514 years | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3586 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3724 years | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.3967 years | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3958 years | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4288 years | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4989 years | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5065 years | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.5071 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5026 years | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4767 years | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5293 years | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5381 years | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5296 years | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5428 years | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5378 years | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5555 years | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5805 years | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5329 years | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5505 years | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.5748 years | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5875 years | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.282 years | 0.2685 years | 0.3019 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.325 years | 0.3075 years | 0.3402 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3428 years | 0.328 years | 0.36 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3858 years | 0.3481 years | 0.4989 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5226 years | 0.4767 years | 0.5555 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5652 years | 0.5329 years | 0.5875 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- 191 Burkina Faso 0.2329 years compare
- 192 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2311 years compare
- 193 Niger 0.2167 years compare
- 194 Mali 0.21 years compare
- 195 Libya 0.1854 years compare
- 196 Guinea-Bissau 0.1838 years compare
- 197 Iraq 0.1752 years compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7891 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.5875 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5875 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2685 years in 1974.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 194th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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