School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.6437 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6437 years
Change on year
up 2.4%
Rank
187th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6437 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2763 years
in 1974
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa recorded 0.6437 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 2.4% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 0.6437 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2763 years, in 1974.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 187th 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, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2849 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2817 years | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.2792 years | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.2767 years | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.2763 years | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2931 years | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3177 years | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3283 years | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 0.3319 years | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3411 years | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.3399 years | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.3369 years | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.3328 years | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.3287 years | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.3341 years | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.3233 years | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 0.3156 years | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3131 years | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.3119 years | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3167 years | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.3219 years | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3292 years | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3333 years | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3256 years | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3257 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3332 years | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3432 years | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3559 years | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.3808 years | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3713 years | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3868 years | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3915 years | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4055 years | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4122 years | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4198 years | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4393 years | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.462 years | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4673 years | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4958 years | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5278 years | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 0.5492 years | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5417 years | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5173 years | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5074 years | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5559 years | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5704 years | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5684 years | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.591 years | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5913 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6128 years | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6352 years | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5854 years | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 0.6046 years | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.6289 years | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 0.6437 years | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3011 years | 0.2763 years | 0.3411 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3253 years | 0.3119 years | 0.3399 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.342 years | 0.3219 years | 0.3808 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4408 years | 0.3868 years | 0.5278 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5605 years | 0.5074 years | 0.6128 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6196 years | 0.5854 years | 0.6437 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- 184 Saint Helena 0.421 years compare
- 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
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 0.6437 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6437 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2763 years in 1974.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 187th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North 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