School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Rwanda

Rwanda: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.8238 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8238 years
Change on year
up 22.4%
World rank
145th
of 191 countries
All-time high
0.8238 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.0794 years
in 2001
Years of data
13
2001–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Rwanda, 2001–2019

00.20.40.60.82001201020192001: 0.079 years2008: 0.526 years2009: 0.53 years2010: 0.335 years2011: 0.377 years2012: 0.427 years2013: 0.45 years2014: 0.498 years2015: 0.565 years2016: 0.562 years2017: 0.661 years2018: 0.673 years2019: 0.824 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Rwanda stood at 0.8238 years. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.4% on the previous year and up 55.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Rwanda peaked at 0.8238 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0794 years, in 2001.

That places Rwanda 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3783 years 0.0794 years 0.5298 years 3
2010s 0.5372 years 0.3347 years 0.8238 years 10

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 142 Marshall Islands 0.8689 years compare
  2. 143 Eswatini 0.8363 years compare
  3. 144 Tanzania 0.8254 years compare
  4. 146 Angola 0.8134 years compare
  5. 147 Samoa 0.8119 years compare
  6. 148 Algeria 0.786 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Rwanda?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Rwanda was 0.8238 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 0.8238 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0794 years in 2001.
How does Rwanda rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
Rwanda ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 55.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
236 places, 7,887 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.