School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.5547 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) is 0.5547 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.5547 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1398 years, in 1973.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1427 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.1413 years | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1403 years | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.1398 years | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1415 years | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1615 years | +14.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1918 years | +18.7% |
| 1977 | 0.2086 years | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 0.213 years | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.2251 years | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 0.2259 years | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2233 years | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.2276 years | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2254 years | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2341 years | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2167 years | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 0.2173 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2182 years | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.2187 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.2255 years | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2304 years | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2369 years | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2379 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.2294 years | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2292 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2392 years | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.2522 years | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2709 years | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 0.294 years | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 0.2897 years | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3004 years | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3064 years | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3201 years | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3342 years | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3519 years | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3826 years | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4171 years | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4173 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4432 years | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.4803 years | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4989 years | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4864 years | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4823 years | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4781 years | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5292 years | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5479 years | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.5433 years | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5471 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5439 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5547 years | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1706 years | 0.1398 years | 0.2251 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2233 years | 0.2167 years | 0.2341 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.251 years | 0.2292 years | 0.294 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3753 years | 0.3004 years | 0.4803 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5212 years | 0.4781 years | 0.5547 years | 10 |
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More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 15,654 (2021)
- CPI Price, nominal 818.96 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, annual growth rate 5.73 % change on previous year (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 869.41 (2026)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.1 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 8.53 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.15 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.38 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.97 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.22 years (2019)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.5547 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5547 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1398 years in 1973.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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.