School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.7785 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1983–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 0.7785 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.7789 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2894 years, in 1984.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2919 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2894 years | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.2899 years | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.2932 years | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.3116 years | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 0.3087 years | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.31 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.3071 years | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3056 years | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.3091 years | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.3131 years | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3124 years | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.3105 years | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.3232 years | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.3465 years | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3526 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3663 years | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4008 years | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4292 years | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4399 years | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4671 years | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4905 years | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4807 years | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5087 years | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5227 years | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5691 years | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6494 years | +14.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7192 years | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5824 years | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6273 years | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7748 years | +23.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7789 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7738 years | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7785 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2911 years | 0.2894 years | 0.2932 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.3111 years | 0.3056 years | 0.3232 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4282 years | 0.3465 years | 0.5087 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6776 years | 0.5227 years | 0.7789 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 31 San Marino 2.83 years compare
- 32 Republic of Korea 2.81 years compare
- 33 Italy 2.77 years compare
- 34 Croatia 2.75 years compare
- 35 Slovenia 2.74 years compare
- 36 Luxembourg 2.73 years compare
- 37 Solomon Islands 2.72 years compare
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7795 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7648 GPIA (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, male 2.57 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.7785 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7789 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2894 years in 1984.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (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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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.