School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) was 0.7229 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7229 years
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
177th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7229 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.1452 years
in 1972
Years of data
53
1972–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification recorded 0.7229 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 0.7229 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1452 years, in 1972.
That places WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 177th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) (expectancy male) in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.1452 years | — |
| 1973 | 0.1461 years | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.1549 years | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1643 years | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1737 years | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1855 years | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1982 years | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 0.2116 years | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 0.2249 years | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2396 years | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 0.2455 years | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2524 years | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 0.2633 years | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2731 years | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.2898 years | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 0.302 years | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.3155 years | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 0.3115 years | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.3053 years | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2994 years | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2964 years | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2934 years | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.289 years | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.2825 years | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.2789 years | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2754 years | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2766 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.27 years | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2727 years | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2776 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2733 years | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2673 years | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2727 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2937 years | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3069 years | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3332 years | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3655 years | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3737 years | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3885 years | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4436 years | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5091 years | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 0.535 years | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 0.559 years | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5758 years | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6122 years | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6451 years | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 0.6463 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6618 years | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6716 years | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.66 years | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.7041 years | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7189 years | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7229 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1724 years | 0.1452 years | 0.2116 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.2718 years | 0.2249 years | 0.3155 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2867 years | 0.27 years | 0.3053 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3037 years | 0.2673 years | 0.3737 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5576 years | 0.3885 years | 0.6618 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6955 years | 0.66 years | 0.7229 years | 5 |
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More education data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8795 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification was 0.7229 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7229 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1452 years in 1972.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 177th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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