School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 2.14 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1983–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 2.14 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 68.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 2.14 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4662 years, in 1983.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.4662 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.4985 years | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 0.554 years | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 0.6327 years | +14.2% |
| 1987 | 0.6859 years | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7359 years | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 0.7319 years | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7045 years | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7368 years | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 0.7679 years | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 0.801 years | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8211 years | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8451 years | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8758 years | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9098 years | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.9796 years | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 1.03 years | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 1.06 years | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1.05 years | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9724 years | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 0.974 years | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9976 years | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.01 years | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.07 years | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 1.14 years | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 1.2 years | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 1.28 years | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 1.34 years | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1.47 years | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 1.68 years | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 1.79 years | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 1.87 years | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 1.93 years | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 2 years | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 2.07 years | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 2.13 years | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 2.14 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.615 years | 0.4662 years | 0.7359 years | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.8474 years | 0.7045 years | 1.03 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 years | 0.9724 years | 1.28 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.84 years | 1.34 years | 2.14 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More reference data data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 1,740 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 142.49 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 142.66 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 29.41 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.11 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 13.95 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.47 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.1 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.13 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.2% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 2.14 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.14 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4662 years in 1983.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (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.