School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.5063 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) recorded 0.5063 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) peaked at 0.8074 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.1973 years, in 1984.
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 206th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.2072 years | — |
| 1982 | 0.2018 years | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1996 years | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1973 years | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1984 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2014 years | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.2121 years | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.2186 years | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2179 years | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.2248 years | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2229 years | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2252 years | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2284 years | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2308 years | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.233 years | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2368 years | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.239 years | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.2423 years | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.2504 years | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2811 years | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 0.2801 years | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3125 years | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3464 years | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4037 years | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3954 years | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4375 years | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4637 years | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4362 years | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 0.51 years | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5025 years | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6 years | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 0.702 years | +17.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8074 years | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3939 years | -51.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4417 years | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4393 years | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.44 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4417 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4502 years | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4546 years | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3608 years | -20.6% |
| 2022 | 0.4357 years | +20.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5029 years | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5063 years | +0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -51.2% | 0.8074 years | 0.3939 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.206 years | 0.1973 years | 0.2186 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.2334 years | 0.2229 years | 0.2504 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3867 years | 0.2801 years | 0.51 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5219 years | 0.3939 years | 0.8074 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4521 years | 0.3608 years | 0.5063 years | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) was 0.5063 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8074 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1973 years in 1984.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 206th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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