School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.6343 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6343 years
Change on year
up 2.0%
Rank
188th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6343 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2351 years
in 1973
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries recorded 0.6343 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 2.0% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 0.6343 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2351 years, in 1973.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 188th 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 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2393 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2375 years | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.2363 years | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.2351 years | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2359 years | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.2529 years | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 0.2769 years | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 0.2878 years | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 0.2923 years | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3019 years | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.302 years | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3002 years | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2977 years | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.2952 years | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.3013 years | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.292 years | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2859 years | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.2842 years | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.2837 years | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.2886 years | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2938 years | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.3005 years | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3045 years | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2976 years | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.2978 years | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.3047 years | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3136 years | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3247 years | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 0.3467 years | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3376 years | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3513 years | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3526 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3639 years | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3729 years | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3823 years | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4003 years | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4265 years | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4254 years | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4604 years | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5112 years | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5172 years | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.516 years | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5042 years | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4842 years | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5392 years | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5587 years | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5539 years | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5796 years | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5813 years | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6042 years | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6242 years | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.5805 years | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5984 years | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6216 years | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6343 years | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2596 years | 0.2351 years | 0.3019 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2931 years | 0.2837 years | 0.302 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3121 years | 0.2938 years | 0.3467 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4047 years | 0.3513 years | 0.5112 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5439 years | 0.4842 years | 0.6042 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6118 years | 0.5805 years | 0.6343 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- 185 Tajikistan 0.4161 years compare
- 186 Benin 0.4094 years compare
- 187 Syrian Arab Republic 0.3708 years compare
- 188 Côte 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
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9.09 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 900,498 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 0.6343 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6343 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2351 years in 1973.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 188th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 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