School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.9137 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) stood at 0.9137 years. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9137 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4606 years, in 2003.
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 145th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5054 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.5043 years | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5034 years | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.5022 years | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.5037 years | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.5184 years | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.5387 years | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 0.548 years | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.5521 years | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.5602 years | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5623 years | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.5659 years | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.5684 years | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5675 years | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.576 years | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.5753 years | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.5728 years | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.5746 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5771 years | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.5837 years | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.5926 years | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.6054 years | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6139 years | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.6111 years | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6136 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.6227 years | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.6346 years | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.6479 years | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6692 years | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6665 years | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.6797 years | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.6245 years | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4921 years | -21.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4606 years | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5026 years | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5398 years | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 0.6769 years | +25.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7367 years | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7867 years | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7822 years | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8227 years | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.809 years | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7382 years | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 0.745 years | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.723 years | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7393 years | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7389 years | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.805 years | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8563 years | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8707 years | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.8771 years | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8595 years | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8619 years | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8945 years | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9137 years | +2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +25.4% | 0.5398 years | 0.6769 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5236 years | 0.5022 years | 0.5602 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5724 years | 0.5623 years | 0.5837 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6277 years | 0.5926 years | 0.6692 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6282 years | 0.4606 years | 0.7867 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7848 years | 0.723 years | 0.8707 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8814 years | 0.8595 years | 0.9137 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
- 142 Tunisia 1.21 years compare
- 143 Indonesia 1.18 years compare
- 144 Palestine, State of 1.16 years compare
- 145 Madagascar 1.14 years compare
- 146 Fiji 1.08 years compare
- 147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.08 years compare
- 148 Cambodia 1.07 years compare
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.9137 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9137 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4606 years in 2003.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 145th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (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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February 2026 Data Release