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School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) by country

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...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
3.9 years
Sweden
Lowest
0.0067 years
Somalia
Median
1.69 years
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,031

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 3.9 years in Sweden; the lowest is 0.0067 years in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.69 years, and the mean is 1.69 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 586.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 2,922.2%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 64.0%).

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sweden 3.9 years 2018 up 0.2% rising
2 Liberia 3.86 years 2017 — volatile
3 Latvia 3.83 years 2018 up 9.2% rising
4 Estonia 3.72 years 2018 down 4.9% rising
5 Lithuania 3.55 years 2018 up 15.8% rising
6 Moldova 3.54 years 2019 up 18.0% rising
7 Poland 3.52 years 2018 up 45.6% rising
8 Russia 3.5 years 2018 up 14.3% rising
9 Hungary 3.49 years 2018 up 1.0% rising
10 Mongolia 3.48 years 2018 up 58.2% rising
11 Belgium 3.43 years 2018 down 3.0% rising
12 Finland 3.42 years 2018 up 31.3% rising
13 Israel 3.35 years 2018 up 11.2% rising
14 Czechia 3.32 years 2018 up 2.0% rising
15 Germany 3.27 years 2018 up 1.2% rising
16 Bulgaria 3.21 years 2018 down 2.9% rising
17 France 3.19 years 2018 down 2.2% rising
18 Peru 3.18 years 2019 up 37.6% volatile
19 Austria 3.12 years 2018 up 10.8% rising
20 Belarus 3.03 years 2018 down 4.1% rising
21 Denmark 3.02 years 2018 down 21.7% volatile
22 Hong Kong 2.98 years 2019 down 11.0% rising
23 French Polynesia 2.97 years 1996 up 5.0% rising
24 Slovakia 2.95 years 2018 up 4.6% rising
25 Cuba 2.93 years 2019 down 8.0% volatile
26 Norway 2.88 years 2018 up 1.3% rising
27 Spain 2.87 years 2018 down 1.6% rising
28 Iceland 2.86 years 2018 down 2.5% rising
29 Uruguay 2.85 years 2018 up 9.3% rising
30 Vietnam 2.84 years 2019 up 35.4% rising
31 Italy 2.84 years 2018 down 5.7% rising
32 San Marino 2.82 years 2019 down 23.2% rising
33 South Korea 2.8 years 2018 up 0.4% volatile
34 Slovenia 2.79 years 2018 up 8.1% rising
36 Croatia 2.78 years 2018 up 25.8% rising
37 Macao 2.76 years 2019 up 7.6% rising
38 Portugal 2.74 years 2018 up 11.4% volatile
39 China 2.67 years 2019 up 73.1% rising
40 Solomon Islands 2.67 years 2018 down 13.0% rising
41 Netherlands 2.65 years 2018 down 1.4% rising
42 Romania 2.65 years 2018 down 14.6% rising
43 Tuvalu 2.63 years 2019 down 4.6% falling
44 Cyprus 2.59 years 2018 up 3.4% rising
45 Serbia 2.55 years 2019 up 25.4% rising
46 Ukraine 2.55 years 2013 up 10.4% rising
47 Maldives 2.5 years 2019 down 4.0% rising
48 Chile 2.48 years 2018 up 52.0% volatile
49 Kazakhstan 2.47 years 2019 up 56.8% flat
50 Colombia 2.35 years 2018 up 49.9% volatile
51 Ghana 2.35 years 2019 down 0.2% volatile
52 Thailand 2.35 years 2019 up 9.8% volatile
53 Kenya 2.3 years 2016 up 56.4% rising
54 Albania 2.3 years 2019 up 27.0% rising
55 Montenegro 2.27 years 2019 up 87.3% rising
56 Argentina 2.27 years 2017 up 17.8% rising
57 American Samoa 2.26 years 1990 down 1.1% rising
58 Jamaica 2.26 years 2019 down 14.7% rising
59 Gibraltar 2.22 years 2019 — volatile
61 Cape Verde 2.19 years 2018 up 5.9% rising
62 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.19 years 2018 up 29.5% rising
63 Mexico 2.16 years 2018 up 3.1% rising
64 United States 2.15 years 2018 up 3.2% rising
65 United Kingdom 2.14 years 2018 up 35.7% rising
66 Aruba 2.14 years 2014 up 10.7% rising
68 Venezuela 2.07 years 2017 up 12.3% rising
69 Switzerland 2.06 years 2018 up 1.9% rising
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.01 years 2016 down 14.8% rising
71 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.01 years 2018 up 4.9% flat
72 Grenada 1.98 years 2018 down 9.1% rising
73 El Salvador 1.98 years 2018 up 17.3% volatile
74 Palau 1.98 years 2014 down 18.1% rising
75 Mauritius 1.95 years 2019 up 0.3% rising
76 Guyana 1.95 years 2012 up 9.9% rising
77 Ecuador 1.94 years 2018 up 68.7% volatile
78 Malaysia 1.93 years 2019 up 30.3% rising
79 Brazil 1.92 years 2017 — rising
80 Costa Rica 1.91 years 2019 up 24.0% volatile
81 New Zealand 1.9 years 2018 — rising
82 Seychelles 1.89 years 2019 down 8.2% rising
83 Brunei 1.89 years 2019 down 3.7% rising
85 British Virgin Islands 1.86 years 2018 down 0.8% rising
86 Vanuatu 1.86 years 2015 down 4.7% volatile
87 India 1.85 years 2019 — volatile
88 Suriname 1.84 years 2019 up 12.1% flat
89 Nepal 1.83 years 2019 up 30.6% volatile
90 Qatar 1.83 years 2019 up 7.2% volatile
91 Cayman Islands 1.8 years 2018 up 69.2% rising
92 Papua New Guinea 1.79 years 2016 up 83.9% volatile
93 Pakistan 1.76 years 2019 up 14.6% rising
94 Barbados 1.73 years 2019 up 6.7% rising
95 Australia 1.7 years 2018 up 105.4% rising
96 Dominican Republic 1.69 years 2019 up 33.6% rising
97 Gambia 1.69 years 2019 up 53.7% rising
98 Trinidad and Tobago 1.68 years 2019 up 1.3% rising
99 Dominica 1.66 years 2019 down 15.0% rising
100 Nicaragua 1.65 years 2010 up 37.7% volatile
101 Lebanon 1.64 years 1985 down 20.0% falling
102 Kyrgyzstan 1.62 years 2019 up 119.9% rising
103 United Arab Emirates 1.59 years 2017 down 6.8% rising
104 Georgia 1.54 years 2007 up 39.9% rising
105 Greece 1.54 years 2018 up 16.8% rising
106 Bahrain 1.51 years 2019 up 3.8% rising
107 Bolivia 1.48 years 2018 up 51.4% rising
108 Guatemala 1.46 years 2019 up 0.9% rising
109 Sao Tome and Principe 1.44 years 2016 up 31.5% rising
110 Saint Lucia 1.44 years 2019 down 9.1% rising
111 Laos 1.43 years 2019 up 170.8% volatile
112 Uzbekistan 1.36 years 2019 up 33.0% falling
113 Sri Lanka 1.33 years 2018 up 18.9% rising
114 Antigua and Barbuda 1.33 years 2018 down 21.7% volatile
115 Tunisia 1.33 years 2016 up 119.2% volatile
116 Paraguay 1.31 years 2016 up 24.5% volatile
117 Indonesia 1.3 years 2018 up 51.5% volatile
118 Canada 1.29 years 1996 up 11.7% rising
119 Equatorial Guinea 1.26 years 2015 down 4.3% rising
120 North Macedonia 1.25 years 2018 up 92.0% flat
121 Panama 1.23 years 2017 down 11.2% volatile
122 Bangladesh 1.2 years 2018 up 260.4% volatile
123 Kuwait 1.17 years 2019 down 30.8% rising
124 Honduras 1.17 years 2019 up 8.6% volatile
125 Morocco 1.16 years 2019 down 12.5% falling
126 Azerbaijan 1.16 years 2019 up 64.8% rising
127 Armenia 1.16 years 2019 down 16.9% rising
128 Madagascar 1.15 years 2019 up 309.7% volatile
129 Lesotho 1.15 years 2016 up 30.3% rising
130 Turkey 1.12 years 2018 up 105.6% volatile
131 Oman 1.11 years 2019 up 21.3% volatile
132 Palestine 1.09 years 2019 up 34.8% rising
133 Philippines 1.02 years 2018 up 125.6% volatile
134 Nauru 1.02 years 2019 down 64.0% rising
135 Zimbabwe 0.9463 years 2013 down 36.2% falling
136 Belize 0.9422 years 2019 up 23.2% rising
137 Sudan 0.9233 years 2017 up 94.7% rising
138 Ethiopia 0.9088 years 2015 up 1,359.7% volatile
139 Tonga 0.8886 years 2015 up 145.9% rising
140 Micronesia (country) 0.8779 years 2019 — volatile
141 Marshall Islands 0.8641 years 2019 down 12.2% falling
142 Angola 0.8619 years 2016 down 30.8% rising
143 Tanzania 0.8253 years 2019 up 26.9% rising
144 Rwanda 0.8062 years 2019 up 52.0% rising
145 Samoa 0.79 years 2019 up 0.0% rising
146 Algeria 0.7795 years 2011 up 1,048.0% volatile
147 East Timor 0.7446 years 2019 up 231.0% rising
148 Togo 0.7441 years 2019 up 256.8% volatile
149 Bermuda 0.7423 years 2015 up 39.3% falling
150 Cambodia 0.736 years 2019 up 88.2% volatile
151 South Africa 0.7027 years 2018 up 16.7% rising
152 Cameroon 0.7001 years 2019 up 51.1% volatile
153 Namibia 0.6771 years 2018 up 5.6% volatile
154 Bhutan 0.6552 years 2020 up 1,215.8% volatile
155 Bahamas 0.6526 years 2018 down 8.4% rising
156 Comoros 0.6459 years 2018 down 14.2% volatile
157 Botswana 0.6339 years 2015 up 31.7% rising
158 Saudi Arabia 0.6322 years 2019 up 79.2% rising
159 Egypt 0.5917 years 2019 up 25.7% volatile
160 Jordan 0.5768 years 2019 down 11.5% rising
161 Sierra Leone 0.5466 years 2019 up 198.1% rising
162 Iran 0.5299 years 2016 up 10.8% volatile
163 Fiji 0.5167 years 2009 up 12.5% rising
164 Benin 0.4827 years 2019 up 82.4% volatile
165 Senegal 0.4782 years 2019 up 51.2% volatile
166 Eritrea 0.4662 years 2018 down 0.5% volatile
167 Guinea 0.4658 years 2011 up 98.9% rising
168 Uganda 0.424 years 2017 up 30.1% rising
169 Tajikistan 0.4226 years 2017 up 11.0% falling
170 Nigeria 0.4216 years 2010 up 60.3% rising
171 Congo 0.398 years 2012 up 167.3% volatile
172 Burundi 0.3168 years 2019 up 40.4% volatile
173 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2474 years 2019 up 135.9% volatile
174 Djibouti 0.2271 years 2020 up 267.7% volatile
175 Niger 0.2217 years 2019 up 153.9% volatile
176 Mali 0.201 years 2018 up 50.9% rising
177 Libya 0.1986 years 2006 up 124.7% rising
178 Guinea-Bissau 0.1926 years 2010 up 79.1% volatile
179 Syria 0.1728 years 2013 down 42.0% rising
180 Myanmar 0.1688 years 2018 up 61.6% rising
181 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.166 years 2018 up 68.9% rising
182 Burkina Faso 0.1658 years 2019 up 98.4% volatile
183 Iraq 0.133 years 2007 down 2.2% rising
184 Mozambique 0.1254 years 1986 up 2,922.2% volatile
185 Central African Republic 0.0862 years 2017 down 4.8% falling
186 Yemen 0.0508 years 2016 up 61.3% rising
187 Afghanistan 0.0344 years 2003 down 32.7% volatile
188 Chad 0.034 years 2019 down 36.9% rising
189 Somalia 0.0067 years 1986 down 30.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 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.