School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.5424 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
0.5424 years
Change on year
up 2.6%
Rank
45th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.5424 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.0955 years
in 1972
Years of data
50
1970–2019

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

0.10.20.30.40.5197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) stood at 0.5424 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.

The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.5424 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0955 years, in 1972.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 45th of 45 groups on this measure, 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 (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1970 to 2019.
Year years Change
1970 0.0972 years
1971 0.0964 years -0.9%
1972 0.0955 years -0.9%
1973 0.0963 years +0.9%
1974 0.0993 years +3.1%
1975 0.116 years +16.7%
1976 0.1438 years +24.0%
1977 0.1608 years +11.8%
1978 0.1618 years +0.6%
1979 0.1712 years +5.8%
1980 0.1707 years -0.3%
1981 0.1643 years -3.7%
1982 0.1737 years +5.7%
1983 0.1722 years -0.9%
1984 0.183 years +6.3%
1985 0.1618 years -11.6%
1986 0.1675 years +3.5%
1987 0.1689 years +0.9%
1988 0.1685 years -0.3%
1989 0.1755 years +4.2%
1990 0.1835 years +4.5%
1991 0.1893 years +3.2%
1992 0.1885 years -0.4%
1993 0.1821 years -3.4%
1994 0.1815 years -0.3%
1995 0.1912 years +5.3%
1996 0.2037 years +6.6%
1997 0.2184 years +7.2%
1998 0.2404 years +10.1%
1999 0.2408 years +0.2%
2000 0.2567 years +6.6%
2001 0.268 years +4.4%
2002 0.2847 years +6.2%
2003 0.306 years +7.5%
2004 0.325 years +6.2%
2005 0.3562 years +9.6%
2006 0.3931 years +10.4%
2007 0.3968 years +0.9%
2008 0.4163 years +4.9%
2009 0.4584 years +10.1%
2010 0.4703 years +2.6%
2011 0.469 years -0.3%
2012 0.4629 years -1.3%
2013 0.4584 years -1.0%
2014 0.5089 years +11.0%
2015 0.527 years +3.6%
2016 0.5257 years -0.2%
2017 0.5297 years +0.8%
2018 0.5289 years -0.2%
2019 0.5424 years +2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1238 years 0.0955 years 0.1712 years 10
1980s 0.1706 years 0.1618 years 0.183 years 10
1990s 0.2019 years 0.1815 years 0.2408 years 10
2000s 0.3461 years 0.2567 years 0.4584 years 10
2010s 0.5023 years 0.4584 years 0.5424 years 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

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  3. 44 Serbia 2.55 years compare
  4. 45 Kazakhstan 2.52 years compare
  5. 46 Cyprus 2.51 years compare
  6. 47 Ukraine 2.48 years compare
  7. 48 Gibraltar 2.45 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.5424 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
The highest recorded value was 0.5424 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0955 years in 1972.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 45th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.