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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.6305 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6305 years
Change on year
up 1.8%
Rank
41st
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.6305 years
in 2019
All-time low
0.1258 years
in 1973
Years of data
50
1970–2019

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

0.20.40.6197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan stood at 0.6305 years. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 0.6305 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1258 years, in 1973.

That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970 to 2019.
Year years Change
1970 0.1264 years
1971 0.1262 years -0.2%
1972 0.1261 years -0.0%
1973 0.1258 years -0.3%
1974 0.1309 years +4.1%
1975 0.1551 years +18.5%
1976 0.1828 years +17.9%
1977 0.1982 years +8.5%
1978 0.1983 years +0.1%
1979 0.2159 years +8.8%
1980 0.2141 years -0.8%
1981 0.2086 years -2.6%
1982 0.2192 years +5.1%
1983 0.2186 years -0.3%
1984 0.2276 years +4.1%
1985 0.2084 years -8.4%
1986 0.2149 years +3.1%
1987 0.2163 years +0.6%
1988 0.2167 years +0.2%
1989 0.2252 years +3.9%
1990 0.2344 years +4.1%
1991 0.2394 years +2.1%
1992 0.241 years +0.7%
1993 0.2384 years -1.1%
1994 0.2408 years +1.0%
1995 0.2458 years +2.1%
1996 0.2594 years +5.5%
1997 0.2764 years +6.6%
1998 0.2983 years +7.9%
1999 0.3014 years +1.1%
2000 0.3184 years +5.6%
2001 0.3323 years +4.4%
2002 0.3512 years +5.7%
2003 0.3751 years +6.8%
2004 0.392 years +4.5%
2005 0.4222 years +7.7%
2006 0.4564 years +8.1%
2007 0.4654 years +2.0%
2008 0.4855 years +4.3%
2009 0.5299 years +9.1%
2010 0.5386 years +1.6%
2011 0.5463 years +1.4%
2012 0.5458 years -0.1%
2013 0.5512 years +1.0%
2014 0.6026 years +9.3%
2015 0.6191 years +2.7%
2016 0.6218 years +0.4%
2017 0.6206 years -0.2%
2018 0.6192 years -0.2%
2019 0.6305 years +1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1586 years 0.1258 years 0.2159 years 10
1980s 0.217 years 0.2084 years 0.2276 years 10
1990s 0.2575 years 0.2344 years 0.3014 years 10
2000s 0.4128 years 0.3184 years 0.5299 years 10
2010s 0.5896 years 0.5386 years 0.6305 years 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.6305 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?
The highest recorded value was 0.6305 years in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1258 years in 1973.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 41st 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?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.