What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Saudi Arabia?

The highest recorded value was 0.6734 years in 2016.

What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Saudi Arabia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0818 years in 1979.

How does Saudi Arabia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?

Saudi Arabia ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.

Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?

Over the last ten years it is up 87.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Saudi Arabia

Name: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Saudi Arabia
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Saudi Arabia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.648 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)

0.648 years

Change on year

up 0.9%

World rank

159th

of 191 countries

All-time high

0.6734 years

in 2016

All-time low

0.0818 years

in 1979

Years of data

1979–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Saudi Arabia, 1979–2019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Saudi Arabia stood at 0.648 years.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 87.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.6734 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0818 years, in 1979.

Saudi Arabia ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0818 years	0.0818 years	0.0818 years	1
2000s	0.341 years	0.3353 years	0.3451 years	4
2010s	0.5369 years	0.3453 years	0.6734 years	10

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

156 Bahamas 0.6766 years compare
157 Comoros 0.6562 years compare
158 Bhutan 0.6537 years compare
160 Botswana 0.6448 years compare
161 Egypt 0.5918 years compare
162 Sierra Leone 0.5765 years compare

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More reference data data for Saudi Arabia

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Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9641 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.64 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.44 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0139 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2207 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.4 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.07 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.44 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6194 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Saudi Arabia?: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Saudi Arabia was 0.648 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The highest recorded value was 0.6734 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0818 years in 1979.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?: Saudi Arabia ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?: Over the last ten years it is up 87.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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: 07 August 2026

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.