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

Uganda: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.4322 years in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.4322 years
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
170th
of 191 countries
All-time high
0.4322 years
in 2017
All-time low
0.2886 years
in 2012
Years of data
9
2007–2017

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Uganda, 2007–2017

00.10.20.30.42007201220172007: 0.333 years2008: 0.384 years2010: 0.425 years2012: 0.289 years2013: 0.339 years2014: 0.333 years2015: 0.358 years2016: 0.416 years2017: 0.432 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 0.4322 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2017. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Uganda peaked at 0.4322 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2886 years, in 2012.

Uganda ranks 170th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3585 years 0.3334 years 0.3836 years 2
2010s 0.3703 years 0.2886 years 0.4322 years 7

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 167 Benin 0.4886 years compare
  2. 168 Eritrea 0.4643 years compare
  3. 169 Guinea 0.4556 years compare
  4. 171 Nigeria 0.4183 years compare
  5. 172 Congo 0.396 years compare
  6. 173 Tajikistan 0.3946 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More reference data data for Uganda

All data for Uganda →

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Uganda?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Uganda was 0.4322 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 0.4322 years in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2886 years in 2012.
How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
Uganda ranks 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

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.