School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) was 1.92 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
SDG: Small Island Developing States recorded 1.92 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 1.94 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.678 years, in 1974.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 72nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.678 years | — |
| 1975 | 0.6952 years | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.718 years | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7491 years | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7459 years | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7438 years | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7366 years | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7341 years | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.7462 years | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7559 years | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7456 years | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.7434 years | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7744 years | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7915 years | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.8194 years | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8365 years | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8484 years | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8838 years | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8783 years | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.9102 years | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.9284 years | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9249 years | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9633 years | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9914 years | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.03 years | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 1.34 years | +30.2% |
| 2000 | 1.37 years | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1.39 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.41 years | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.43 years | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.48 years | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 1.51 years | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1.55 years | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 1.57 years | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.6 years | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 1.64 years | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.72 years | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 1.79 years | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 1.78 years | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.81 years | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.82 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.84 years | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.85 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.88 years | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.89 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.94 years | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1.92 years | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.79 years | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 1.86 years | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 1.91 years | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 1.92 years | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in SDG: Small Island Developing States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +30.2% | 1.03 years | 1.34 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7216 years | 0.678 years | 0.7491 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.7683 years | 0.7341 years | 0.8365 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9694 years | 0.8484 years | 1.34 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.49 years | 1.37 years | 1.64 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.83 years | 1.72 years | 1.94 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.88 years | 1.79 years | 1.92 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 69 Aruba 2.25 years compare
- 70 Lebanon 2.22 years compare
- 71 American Samoa 2.21 years compare
- 72 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.2 years compare
- 73 United Kingdom 2.18 years compare
- 74 United States 2.18 years compare
- 75 Thailand 2.11 years compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 1.92 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.678 years in 1974.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 72nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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