School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.5509 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
0.5509 years
Change on year
up 2.3%
Rank
44th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.5509 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.0968 years
in 1972
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 0.5509 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.

The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.5509 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0968 years, in 1972.

That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970 to 2019.
Year years Change
1970 0.0986 years
1971 0.0977 years -0.8%
1972 0.0968 years -0.9%
1973 0.0976 years +0.8%
1974 0.1006 years +3.1%
1975 0.1171 years +16.4%
1976 0.1446 years +23.5%
1977 0.1615 years +11.6%
1978 0.1624 years +0.6%
1979 0.1717 years +5.7%
1980 0.1713 years -0.3%
1981 0.1649 years -3.7%
1982 0.1743 years +5.7%
1983 0.173 years -0.8%
1984 0.1839 years +6.3%
1985 0.163 years -11.4%
1986 0.1688 years +3.6%
1987 0.1704 years +1.0%
1988 0.1702 years -0.1%
1989 0.1774 years +4.2%
1990 0.1855 years +4.6%
1991 0.1917 years +3.3%
1992 0.1911 years -0.3%
1993 0.1856 years -2.9%
1994 0.1855 years -0.1%
1995 0.1941 years +4.6%
1996 0.2076 years +7.0%
1997 0.2255 years +8.6%
1998 0.2477 years +9.9%
1999 0.2486 years +0.4%
2000 0.2639 years +6.2%
2001 0.2737 years +3.7%
2002 0.2896 years +5.8%
2003 0.3099 years +7.0%
2004 0.3298 years +6.4%
2005 0.361 years +9.5%
2006 0.3979 years +10.2%
2007 0.4016 years +0.9%
2008 0.4216 years +5.0%
2009 0.4639 years +10.0%
2010 0.4755 years +2.5%
2011 0.4748 years -0.2%
2012 0.4688 years -1.3%
2013 0.466 years -0.6%
2014 0.5177 years +11.1%
2015 0.5344 years +3.2%
2016 0.5351 years +0.1%
2017 0.5392 years +0.8%
2018 0.5383 years -0.2%
2019 0.5509 years +2.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1249 years 0.0968 years 0.1717 years 10
1980s 0.1717 years 0.163 years 0.1839 years 10
1990s 0.2063 years 0.1855 years 0.2486 years 10
2000s 0.3513 years 0.2639 years 0.4639 years 10
2010s 0.5101 years 0.466 years 0.5509 years 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

  1. 41 China 2.67 years compare
  2. 42 Maldives 2.66 years compare
  3. 43 Romania 2.66 years compare
  4. 44 Serbia 2.55 years compare
  5. 45 Kazakhstan 2.52 years compare
  6. 46 Cyprus 2.51 years compare
  7. 47 Ukraine 2.48 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.5509 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 0.5509 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0968 years in 1972.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (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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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.