School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Low income
Low income: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.5634 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Low income, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Low income stood at 0.5634 years. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Low income peaked at 0.5634 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1981 years, in 1971.
That places Low income 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2057 years | 0.1981 years | 0.2168 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.227 years | 0.2173 years | 0.2462 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2378 years | 0.2328 years | 0.245 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2866 years | 0.2459 years | 0.3497 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4804 years | 0.3456 years | 0.5634 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More reference data data for Low income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 2,206 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 259.59 (2025)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 248.16 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.61 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.37 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 18.98 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.91 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.43 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 94.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Low income?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Low income was 0.5634 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5634 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1981 years in 1971.
- How does Low income rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Low income ranks 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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.