School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (pre-primary) in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (pre-primary) was 2.11 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Upper middle income, 1973–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Upper middle income is 2.11 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Upper middle income peaked at 2.11 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3507 years, in 1974.
That places Upper middle income 14th out of 45 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 (years) (pre-primary) in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.3531 years | — |
| 1974 | 0.3507 years | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.3733 years | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 0.4581 years | +22.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6367 years | +39.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5576 years | -12.4% |
| 1979 | 0.5605 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5917 years | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 0.6748 years | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 0.692 years | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7327 years | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 0.7681 years | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8239 years | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 0.8831 years | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 0.9244 years | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 0.9637 years | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 0.964 years | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.9456 years | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.9565 years | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9782 years | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 0.9913 years | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9832 years | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.01 years | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 1.03 years | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 1.06 years | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.12 years | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 1.18 years | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 1.21 years | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1.21 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.16 years | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 1.17 years | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.19 years | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 1.22 years | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.28 years | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1.35 years | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 1.42 years | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 1.47 years | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 1.51 years | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.6 years | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 1.73 years | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 1.82 years | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 1.89 years | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 1.94 years | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.01 years | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 2.05 years | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.09 years | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.11 years | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years) (pre-primary) in Upper middle income changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +39.0% | 0.4581 years | 0.6367 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.47 years | 0.3507 years | 0.6367 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.8018 years | 0.5917 years | 0.964 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 years | 0.9456 years | 1.18 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 years | 1.16 years | 1.47 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.87 years | 1.51 years | 2.11 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More reference data data for Upper middle income
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 2,308 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 300.54 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, annual growth rate 7.96 % change on previous year (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 300.23 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj., annual growth rate 7.5 % change on previous year (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 41.24 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 19.74 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 21.50 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.97 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6 years (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Upper middle income?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Upper middle income was 2.11 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3507 years in 1974.
- How does Upper middle income rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Upper middle income ranks 14th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.