School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Least developed countries: UN classification

Least developed countries: UN classification: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.6612 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6612 years
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
40th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.6613 years
in 2017
All-time low
0.152 years
in 1972
Years of data
48
1972–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Least developed countries: UN classification, 1972–2019

0.20.40.6197219952019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Least developed countries: UN classification is 0.6612 years, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 71.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Least developed countries: UN classification peaked at 0.6613 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.152 years, in 1972.

Least developed countries: UN classification ranks 40th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1884 years 0.152 years 0.2311 years 8
1980s 0.2776 years 0.2438 years 0.3024 years 10
1990s 0.2928 years 0.2827 years 0.3006 years 10
2000s 0.3221 years 0.2857 years 0.3866 years 10
2010s 0.5725 years 0.4007 years 0.6613 years 10

Countries ranked near Least developed countries: UN classification

  1. 37 Solomon Islands 2.72 years compare
  2. 38 Portugal 2.71 years compare
  3. 39 Netherlands 2.69 years compare
  4. 40 Macao 2.68 years compare
  5. 41 China 2.67 years compare
  6. 42 Maldives 2.66 years compare
  7. 43 Romania 2.66 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Least developed countries: UN classification?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Least developed countries: UN classification was 0.6612 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
The highest recorded value was 0.6613 years in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
The lowest recorded value was 0.152 years in 1972.
How does Least developed countries: UN classification rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Least developed countries: UN classification ranks 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Least developed countries: UN classification?
Over the last ten years it is up 71.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Least developed countries: UN classification 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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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
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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.