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School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) by country

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...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
3.89 years
Liberia
Lowest
0.0087 years
Somalia
Median
1.7 years
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,033

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 3.89 years in Liberia; the lowest is 0.0087 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7 years, and the mean is 1.7 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 447.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 2,195.9%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 63.6%).

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liberia 3.89 years 2017 — volatile
2 Sweden 3.88 years 2018 down 0.2% rising
3 Latvia 3.79 years 2018 up 10.7% rising
4 Estonia 3.68 years 2018 down 5.6% rising
5 Lithuania 3.52 years 2018 up 15.9% rising
6 Poland 3.51 years 2018 up 43.8% rising
7 Mongolia 3.48 years 2018 up 47.7% rising
8 Moldova 3.48 years 2019 up 17.6% rising
9 Belgium 3.44 years 2018 down 2.0% rising
10 Russia 3.42 years 2018 up 12.8% rising
11 Finland 3.39 years 2018 up 31.5% rising
12 Hungary 3.38 years 2018 down 0.6% rising
13 Israel 3.32 years 2018 up 10.4% rising
14 Germany 3.25 years 2018 up 1.5% rising
15 Czechia 3.24 years 2018 up 2.6% rising
16 Peru 3.19 years 2019 up 35.3% volatile
17 France 3.18 years 2018 down 2.0% rising
18 Bulgaria 3.18 years 2018 down 2.6% rising
19 Hong Kong 3.1 years 2019 down 11.8% rising
20 Austria 3.09 years 2018 up 10.3% rising
21 French Polynesia 3.05 years 1996 up 6.6% rising
22 Denmark 2.95 years 2018 down 22.5% volatile
23 Belarus 2.92 years 2018 down 5.5% rising
24 Vietnam 2.91 years 2019 up 41.4% rising
25 Cuba 2.9 years 2019 down 8.2% volatile
26 Slovakia 2.89 years 2018 up 5.5% rising
27 Iceland 2.88 years 2018 down 1.0% rising
28 Norway 2.88 years 2018 up 1.3% rising
29 Spain 2.87 years 2018 down 2.2% rising
30 Uruguay 2.85 years 2018 up 8.4% rising
31 San Marino 2.83 years 2019 down 17.9% rising
32 South Korea 2.81 years 2018 up 0.9% volatile
33 Italy 2.77 years 2018 down 6.2% rising
34 Croatia 2.75 years 2018 up 29.3% rising
35 Slovenia 2.74 years 2018 up 9.2% rising
37 Solomon Islands 2.72 years 2018 down 10.8% volatile
38 Portugal 2.71 years 2018 up 10.8% volatile
39 Netherlands 2.69 years 2018 down 0.2% rising
40 Macao 2.68 years 2019 up 6.9% rising
41 China 2.67 years 2019 up 83.3% rising
42 Maldives 2.66 years 2019 down 2.0% volatile
43 Romania 2.66 years 2018 down 14.6% rising
44 Serbia 2.55 years 2019 up 24.6% rising
45 Kazakhstan 2.52 years 2019 up 62.7% rising
46 Cyprus 2.51 years 2018 up 1.6% rising
47 Ukraine 2.48 years 2013 up 10.8% rising
48 Gibraltar 2.45 years 2019 — volatile
49 Chile 2.44 years 2018 up 42.3% volatile
50 American Samoa 2.41 years 1990 up 20.8% rising
51 Ghana 2.38 years 2019 down 1.8% volatile
52 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.37 years 2018 up 20.0% flat
53 Colombia 2.36 years 2018 up 50.6% volatile
54 Thailand 2.35 years 2019 up 10.1% volatile
55 Jamaica 2.35 years 2019 down 14.8% rising
56 Tuvalu 2.34 years 2019 down 26.2% falling
57 Palau 2.32 years 2014 down 20.2% rising
58 Argentina 2.3 years 2017 up 17.3% rising
59 Albania 2.29 years 2019 up 24.7% rising
60 Kenya 2.24 years 2016 up 61.7% rising
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.24 years 2018 up 32.6% rising
62 Mexico 2.21 years 2018 up 4.4% rising
63 Cape Verde 2.21 years 2018 up 6.2% rising
64 United States 2.18 years 2018 up 2.6% rising
66 Montenegro 2.15 years 2019 up 76.9% rising
67 United Kingdom 2.14 years 2018 up 33.0% rising
68 Venezuela 2.1 years 2017 up 13.4% rising
69 Aruba 2.09 years 2014 up 4.6% rising
70 Grenada 2.05 years 2018 down 9.4% rising
71 Ecuador 2.04 years 2018 up 63.5% volatile
72 Switzerland 2.02 years 2018 down 0.3% rising
73 El Salvador 2.02 years 2018 up 16.3% volatile
74 Malaysia 1.99 years 2019 up 24.6% rising
75 Mauritius 1.95 years 2019 down 2.9% rising
76 Brazil 1.93 years 2017 — rising
78 Suriname 1.93 years 2019 up 11.8% flat
79 India 1.93 years 2019 — volatile
80 Seychelles 1.92 years 2019 down 9.5% rising
81 Costa Rica 1.92 years 2019 up 24.4% volatile
82 British Virgin Islands 1.91 years 2018 up 3.0% rising
83 Brunei 1.91 years 2019 down 3.8% rising
84 Guyana 1.87 years 2012 up 5.3% rising
85 New Zealand 1.86 years 2018 — rising
87 Georgia 1.86 years 2007 up 56.0% rising
88 Gambia 1.82 years 2019 up 59.4% rising
89 Qatar 1.82 years 2019 up 12.3% volatile
90 Vanuatu 1.8 years 2015 down 7.1% volatile
91 Dominica 1.77 years 2019 down 12.5% rising
92 Papua New Guinea 1.76 years 2016 up 87.3% volatile
93 Cayman Islands 1.76 years 2018 up 24.6% rising
94 Dominican Republic 1.73 years 2019 up 52.5% rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 1.72 years 2019 up 3.5% rising
96 Barbados 1.7 years 2019 up 3.3% rising
97 Nicaragua 1.7 years 2010 up 36.4% volatile
98 Nepal 1.66 years 2019 up 23.6% volatile
99 Australia 1.62 years 2018 up 101.5% rising
100 Kyrgyzstan 1.62 years 2019 up 122.3% rising
101 Lebanon 1.62 years 1985 down 14.4% falling
102 Bahrain 1.61 years 2019 up 10.3% rising
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.61 years 2016 down 33.1% rising
104 Sao Tome and Principe 1.58 years 2016 up 38.4% rising
105 Greece 1.55 years 2018 up 17.7% rising
106 United Arab Emirates 1.52 years 2017 down 9.4% rising
107 Pakistan 1.51 years 2019 up 9.6% rising
108 Bolivia 1.5 years 2018 up 53.6% rising
109 Guatemala 1.49 years 2019 down 0.4% rising
110 Antigua and Barbuda 1.48 years 2018 down 12.4% volatile
111 Laos 1.47 years 2019 up 168.6% volatile
112 Saint Lucia 1.46 years 2019 down 9.7% rising
113 Sri Lanka 1.41 years 2018 up 14.7% rising
114 Tunisia 1.35 years 2016 up 123.6% volatile
115 Paraguay 1.32 years 2016 up 24.4% volatile
116 Azerbaijan 1.3 years 2019 up 83.4% rising
117 Canada 1.29 years 1996 up 11.1% rising
118 Equatorial Guinea 1.28 years 2015 up 16.4% rising
119 Uzbekistan 1.28 years 2019 up 23.1% falling
120 Madagascar 1.27 years 2019 up 339.8% volatile
121 North Macedonia 1.27 years 2018 up 95.8% rising
122 Panama 1.26 years 2017 down 7.6% volatile
123 Kuwait 1.25 years 2019 down 25.2% rising
124 Bangladesh 1.25 years 2018 up 271.5% volatile
125 Honduras 1.22 years 2019 up 5.4% volatile
126 Armenia 1.21 years 2019 down 24.2% rising
127 Lesotho 1.2 years 2016 up 28.2% rising
128 Indonesia 1.17 years 2018 up 32.7% volatile
129 Oman 1.12 years 2019 up 24.3% volatile
130 Palestine 1.08 years 2019 up 37.0% rising
131 Turkey 1.08 years 2018 up 107.0% volatile
132 Nauru 1.05 years 2019 down 63.6% rising
133 Morocco 1.03 years 2019 up 0.7% rising
134 Philippines 0.9831 years 2018 up 110.9% volatile
135 Belize 0.9694 years 2019 up 21.2% rising
136 Zimbabwe 0.9665 years 2013 down 21.4% falling
137 Tonga 0.9471 years 2015 up 87.9% rising
138 Sudan 0.942 years 2017 up 93.5% rising
139 Marshall Islands 0.8738 years 2019 down 0.8% falling
140 Ethiopia 0.8613 years 2015 up 1,331.3% volatile
141 Micronesia (country) 0.8597 years 2019 — rising
142 Rwanda 0.8416 years 2019 up 59.0% rising
143 Samoa 0.8355 years 2019 down 4.7% rising
144 Tanzania 0.8255 years 2019 up 23.2% rising
145 Algeria 0.7927 years 2011 up 1,074.7% volatile
146 East Timor 0.7742 years 2019 up 221.4% rising
147 Cambodia 0.7692 years 2019 up 88.1% volatile
148 Togo 0.7665 years 2019 up 252.9% volatile
149 Angola 0.7648 years 2016 down 48.1% rising
150 Cameroon 0.715 years 2019 up 49.9% volatile
151 South Africa 0.7084 years 2018 up 15.9% rising
152 Bahamas 0.702 years 2018 down 2.8% rising
153 Namibia 0.7013 years 2018 up 10.6% volatile
154 Comoros 0.6668 years 2018 down 8.1% volatile
155 Saudi Arabia 0.6644 years 2019 up 99.3% rising
156 Botswana 0.6559 years 2015 up 36.2% rising
157 Bhutan 0.6523 years 2020 up 1,303.0% volatile
158 Bermuda 0.6306 years 2015 up 27.8% falling
159 Sierra Leone 0.6064 years 2019 up 216.7% rising
160 Egypt 0.592 years 2019 up 30.6% volatile
161 Jordan 0.5722 years 2019 down 5.8% rising
162 Fiji 0.5556 years 2009 up 19.3% rising
163 Iran 0.5464 years 2016 up 4.3% volatile
164 Senegal 0.537 years 2019 up 48.9% volatile
165 Benin 0.4948 years 2019 up 77.8% volatile
166 Eritrea 0.4624 years 2018 up 0.5% volatile
167 Guinea 0.4452 years 2011 up 93.9% rising
168 Uganda 0.4406 years 2017 up 29.2% rising
169 Nigeria 0.4148 years 2010 up 68.0% rising
170 Congo 0.394 years 2012 up 144.8% volatile
171 Tajikistan 0.3651 years 2017 up 5.6% falling
172 Burundi 0.3309 years 2019 up 38.5% volatile
173 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2545 years 2019 up 148.9% volatile
174 Niger 0.2352 years 2019 up 187.3% volatile
175 Mali 0.208 years 2018 up 51.3% rising
176 Guinea-Bissau 0.2046 years 2010 up 82.0% volatile
177 Djibouti 0.1948 years 2020 up 194.4% volatile
178 Libya 0.1937 years 2006 up 123.8% volatile
179 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1746 years 2018 up 68.0% rising
180 Myanmar 0.1718 years 2018 up 60.1% rising
181 Syria 0.1661 years 2013 down 40.7% rising
182 Burkina Faso 0.1652 years 2019 up 95.2% volatile
183 Iraq 0.1329 years 2007 down 1.4% rising
184 Mozambique 0.107 years 1986 up 2,195.9% volatile
185 Central African Republic 0.0901 years 2017 down 8.6% falling
186 Yemen 0.0456 years 2016 up 70.6% rising
187 Chad 0.0327 years 2019 down 33.3% rising
188 Afghanistan 0.027 years 2003 down 47.4% volatile
189 Somalia 0.0087 years 1986 up 5.6% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,033 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.