School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Arab World
Arab World: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.6009 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Arab World, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Arab World recorded 0.6009 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Arab World peaked at 0.6009 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2005 years, in 1974.
Arab World ranks 42nd of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Arab World, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2094 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.2074 years | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2049 years | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2035 years | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.2005 years | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2093 years | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.2198 years | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 0.2281 years | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 0.2274 years | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.2346 years | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.2405 years | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 0.2529 years | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 0.2562 years | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.261 years | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.2675 years | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.2764 years | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2747 years | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2753 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.2747 years | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.2788 years | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.2785 years | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2812 years | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2793 years | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2832 years | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2871 years | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.2952 years | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 0.3019 years | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3136 years | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.3253 years | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.3233 years | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3284 years | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3279 years | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.3341 years | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.3448 years | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3551 years | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3749 years | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.405 years | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4047 years | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4404 years | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 0.5079 years | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5172 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5193 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.5339 years | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5371 years | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5834 years | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5967 years | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5921 years | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.595 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5915 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6009 years | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2145 years | 0.2005 years | 0.2346 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2658 years | 0.2405 years | 0.2788 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2969 years | 0.2785 years | 0.3253 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3823 years | 0.3279 years | 0.5079 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5667 years | 0.5172 years | 0.6009 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
More reference data data for Arab World
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.03 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.83 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.6 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.44 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.75 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.3% (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.1 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 870,261 number (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9935 GPIA (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Arab World?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Arab World was 0.6009 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6009 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2005 years in 1974.
- How does Arab World rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Arab World ranks 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.