School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)

WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 2.06 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.06 years
Change on year
up 9.8%
Rank
56th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.06 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.8475 years
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 1999–2024

00.511.521999201120241999: 0.848 years2000: 0.861 years2001: 0.874 years2002: 0.9 years2003: 0.954 years2004: 0.97 years2005: 1 years2006: 1.1 years2007: 1.2 years2008: 1.2 years2009: 1.2 years2010: 1.3 years2011: 1.3 years2012: 1.4 years2013: 1.3 years2014: 1.3 years2015: 1.3 years2016: 1.4 years2017: 1.4 years2018: 1.5 years2019: 1.6 years2020: 1.6 years2021: 1.5 years2022: 1.7 years2023: 1.9 years2024: 2.1 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) is 2.06 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and up 57.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) peaked at 2.06 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8475 years, in 1999.

That places WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 56th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 1999 to 2024.
Year years Change
1999 0.8475 years
2000 0.8614 years +1.6%
2001 0.8742 years +1.5%
2002 0.8999 years +2.9%
2003 0.9535 years +6.0%
2004 0.9702 years +1.8%
2005 1.04 years +6.7%
2006 1.11 years +7.4%
2007 1.18 years +5.7%
2008 1.19 years +1.4%
2009 1.22 years +2.4%
2010 1.29 years +5.3%
2011 1.33 years +3.6%
2012 1.37 years +3.2%
2013 1.31 years -4.4%
2014 1.31 years -0.7%
2015 1.35 years +3.2%
2016 1.38 years +2.5%
2017 1.44 years +4.0%
2018 1.5 years +4.2%
2019 1.55 years +3.7%
2020 1.61 years +3.9%
2021 1.51 years -6.1%
2022 1.72 years +13.6%
2023 1.88 years +9.1%
2024 2.06 years +9.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8475 years 0.8475 years 0.8475 years 1
2000s 1.03 years 0.8614 years 1.22 years 10
2010s 1.38 years 1.29 years 1.55 years 10
2020s 1.76 years 1.51 years 2.06 years 5

Countries ranked near WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)

  1. 53 Grenada 2.72 years compare
  2. 54 Nepal 2.69 years compare
  3. 55 Macau, China 2.66 years compare
  4. 56 Romania 2.54 years compare
  5. 57 Ukraine 2.53 years compare
  6. 58 Uruguay 2.49 years compare
  7. 59 Maldives 2.48 years compare

See the full ranking of 426 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) was 2.06 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
The highest recorded value was 2.06 years in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8475 years in 1999.
How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 56th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 57.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
426 places, 13,939 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release