School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.5463 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) stood at 0.5463 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.5463 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1389 years, in 1973.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 45th 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1418 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.1404 years | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1394 years | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.1389 years | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1406 years | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1608 years | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1914 years | +19.0% |
| 1977 | 0.2084 years | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 0.2129 years | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.2251 years | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 0.2259 years | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2233 years | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.2275 years | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2251 years | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2337 years | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.216 years | -7.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2164 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2171 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.2175 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2241 years | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.2287 years | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.235 years | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.2357 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2264 years | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2258 years | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2368 years | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2489 years | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2643 years | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2872 years | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2823 years | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.2935 years | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 0.301 years | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3155 years | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3306 years | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3472 years | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3779 years | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4125 years | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4126 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.438 years | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.475 years | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 0.494 years | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4807 years | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4766 years | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4707 years | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5208 years | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5394 years | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5341 years | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5378 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5346 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5463 years | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.17 years | 0.1389 years | 0.2251 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2227 years | 0.216 years | 0.2337 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2471 years | 0.2258 years | 0.2872 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3704 years | 0.2935 years | 0.475 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5135 years | 0.4707 years | 0.5463 years | 10 |
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More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.31 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 8.39 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.08 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.13 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.01 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.25 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.4% (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 718,414 number (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9878 GPIA (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.5463 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5463 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1389 years in 1973.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 45th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.