School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia
Gambia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 1.82 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 1.82 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia peaked at 1.82 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6325 years, in 2003.
That places Gambia 88th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6842 years | 0.6384 years | 0.73 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8678 years | 0.6325 years | 1.14 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.54 years | 1.19 years | 1.82 years | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Gambia was 1.82 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6325 years in 2003.
- How does Gambia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- Gambia ranks 88th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.