School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.7276 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7276 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
172nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7276 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.2806 years
in 1985
Years of data
39
1983–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) is 0.7276 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.7276 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2806 years, in 1985.
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 172nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2824 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2814 years | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2806 years | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2885 years | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.2943 years | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2953 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.2979 years | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.2981 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2982 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2993 years | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.303 years | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.302 years | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3038 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.31 years | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3304 years | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3352 years | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.3664 years | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3866 years | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4133 years | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4179 years | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4428 years | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4703 years | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4711 years | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5027 years | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5024 years | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5418 years | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6246 years | +15.3% |
| 2013 | 0.682 years | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5598 years | -17.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6048 years | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 0.634 years | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.644 years | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6444 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6548 years | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6587 years | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6182 years | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6874 years | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7228 years | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7276 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2832 years | 0.2806 years | 0.2885 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.3002 years | 0.2943 years | 0.31 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4137 years | 0.3304 years | 0.5027 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6093 years | 0.5024 years | 0.682 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6829 years | 0.6182 years | 0.7276 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- 169 South Africa 0.7794 years compare
- 170 Botswana 0.7778 years compare
- 171 Sierra Leone 0.7533 years compare
- 172 Angola 0.7496 years compare
- 173 Cameroon 0.7486 years compare
- 174 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.7323 years compare
- 175 Namibia 0.6958 years compare
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.34 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.7276 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7276 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2806 years in 1985.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 172nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Sub-saharan 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