School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.78 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 1973–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 0.78 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 50.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 0.7803 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2796 years, in 1973.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 32nd out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.2796 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.2826 years | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.287 years | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.2917 years | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.2963 years | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.3009 years | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.3023 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.3076 years | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.306 years | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3006 years | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.2943 years | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.2921 years | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.2922 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.2973 years | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.2997 years | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.3055 years | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.3083 years | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.3104 years | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3109 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.3128 years | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.3116 years | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.3104 years | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3146 years | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3191 years | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.3193 years | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.319 years | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3297 years | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3523 years | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3578 years | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3793 years | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4069 years | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4331 years | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 0.442 years | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4677 years | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4877 years | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4829 years | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5176 years | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5214 years | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5643 years | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6474 years | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7127 years | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5804 years | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6266 years | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7765 years | +23.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7803 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7755 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.78 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2915 years | 0.2796 years | 0.3023 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.3004 years | 0.2921 years | 0.3083 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3158 years | 0.3104 years | 0.3297 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4327 years | 0.3523 years | 0.5176 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6765 years | 0.5214 years | 0.7803 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 32.03 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 16.22 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 15.81 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 94.2% (2018)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity i 0.767 GPIA (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, male 2.57 million number (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9955 GPIA (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 0.78 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7803 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2796 years in 1973.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 32nd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.