School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.7208 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7208 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
180th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7208 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.277 years
in 1985
Years of data
40
1983–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.7208 years. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.7208 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.277 years, in 1985.
That places SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2789 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2778 years | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.277 years | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2853 years | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2902 years | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2913 years | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.2923 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.295 years | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.2953 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2954 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2966 years | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.3004 years | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2994 years | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3013 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.3078 years | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3291 years | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3341 years | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.3663 years | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3852 years | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 0.413 years | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4177 years | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4417 years | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4711 years | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4691 years | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.494 years | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4989 years | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5371 years | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6199 years | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6818 years | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5511 years | -19.2% |
| 2015 | 0.5958 years | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 0.627 years | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6358 years | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.6354 years | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6451 years | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6492 years | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6069 years | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6788 years | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 0.7157 years | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 0.7208 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2818 years | 0.277 years | 0.2902 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.2975 years | 0.2913 years | 0.3078 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4121 years | 0.3291 years | 0.494 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6028 years | 0.4989 years | 0.6818 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6743 years | 0.6069 years | 0.7208 years | 5 |
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More education data for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 40.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.77 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.52 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.7208 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7208 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.277 years in 1985.
- How does SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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