School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.633 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 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 is 0.633 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 0.633 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1652 years, in 1973.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 41st 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, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1677 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.1669 years | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.1667 years | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1652 years | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1686 years | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.197 years | +16.8% |
| 1976 | 0.2273 years | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 0.2421 years | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 0.2451 years | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.2656 years | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2654 years | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.2639 years | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2695 years | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.2679 years | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.2743 years | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2589 years | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2604 years | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2611 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.2624 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.2705 years | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2764 years | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2816 years | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2844 years | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2792 years | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.2816 years | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.288 years | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3011 years | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 0.3188 years | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3414 years | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3397 years | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3519 years | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3626 years | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3794 years | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3978 years | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4129 years | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4426 years | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4747 years | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4808 years | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5056 years | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5428 years | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 0.5582 years | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5535 years | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5527 years | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.5554 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6084 years | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6311 years | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6281 years | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6267 years | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6231 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.633 years | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2012 years | 0.1652 years | 0.2656 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2654 years | 0.2589 years | 0.2743 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2992 years | 0.2764 years | 0.3414 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4351 years | 0.3519 years | 0.5428 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.597 years | 0.5527 years | 0.633 years | 10 |
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More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.59 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.92 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.07 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.67 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.17 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.96 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.9% (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 864,804 number (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9928 GPIA (2019)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.633 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.633 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1652 years in 1973.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 41st 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.