School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)

WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.9157 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9157 years
Change on year
up 2.6%
Rank
144th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9157 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.4595 years
in 2003
Years of data
55
1970–2024

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1970–2024

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) is 0.9157 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.

The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 27.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 0.9157 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4595 years, in 2003.

WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 144th 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 (ida & Ibrd), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1970 to 2024.
Year years Change
1970 0.5071 years
1971 0.506 years -0.2%
1972 0.505 years -0.2%
1973 0.5038 years -0.2%
1974 0.5054 years +0.3%
1975 0.5202 years +2.9%
1976 0.5407 years +3.9%
1977 0.55 years +1.7%
1978 0.5541 years +0.7%
1979 0.5623 years +1.5%
1980 0.5645 years +0.4%
1981 0.568 years +0.6%
1982 0.5705 years +0.4%
1983 0.5695 years -0.2%
1984 0.5779 years +1.5%
1985 0.5771 years -0.1%
1986 0.5745 years -0.4%
1987 0.5762 years +0.3%
1988 0.5786 years +0.4%
1989 0.5852 years +1.1%
1990 0.5941 years +1.5%
1991 0.6069 years +2.2%
1992 0.6154 years +1.4%
1993 0.6122 years -0.5%
1994 0.6145 years +0.4%
1995 0.6244 years +1.6%
1996 0.636 years +1.8%
1997 0.6475 years +1.8%
1998 0.6687 years +3.3%
1999 0.6658 years -0.4%
2000 0.6792 years +2.0%
2001 0.6241 years -8.1%
2002 0.4909 years -21.3%
2003 0.4595 years -6.4%
2004 0.5012 years +9.1%
2005 0.5385 years +7.4%
2006 0.6766 years +25.7%
2007 0.737 years +8.9%
2008 0.787 years +6.8%
2009 0.782 years -0.6%
2010 0.823 years +5.2%
2011 0.8088 years -1.7%
2012 0.7375 years -8.8%
2013 0.7434 years +0.8%
2014 0.7205 years -3.1%
2015 0.7359 years +2.1%
2016 0.7361 years +0.0%
2017 0.8024 years +9.0%
2018 0.8541 years +6.4%
2019 0.8688 years +1.7%
2020 0.8749 years +0.7%
2021 0.8588 years -1.8%
2022 0.8599 years +0.1%
2023 0.8921 years +3.7%
2024 0.9157 years +2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5255 years 0.5038 years 0.5623 years 10
1980s 0.5742 years 0.5645 years 0.5852 years 10
1990s 0.6285 years 0.5941 years 0.6687 years 10
2000s 0.6276 years 0.4595 years 0.787 years 10
2010s 0.7831 years 0.7205 years 0.8688 years 10
2020s 0.8803 years 0.8588 years 0.9157 years 5

Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)

  1. 141 Sao Tome and Principe 1.23 years compare
  2. 142 Tunisia 1.21 years compare
  3. 143 Indonesia 1.18 years compare
  4. 144 Palestine, State of 1.16 years compare
  5. 145 Madagascar 1.14 years compare
  6. 146 Fiji 1.08 years compare
  7. 147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.08 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: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) was 0.9157 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9157 years in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4595 years in 2003.
How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 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