School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.166 years in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.166 years
Change on year
up 29.0%
World rank
181st
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.166 years
in 2018
All-time low
0.0254 years
in 1993
Years of data
14
1973–2018

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1973–2018

0.050.10.151973199520181973: 0.03 years1993: 0.025 years2001: 0.026 years2002: 0.043 years2007: 0.087 years2008: 0.098 years2009: 0.117 years2010: 0.099 years2011: 0.108 years2012: 0.115 years2013: 0.115 years2014: 0.121 years2015: 0.129 years2018: 0.166 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo is 0.166 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.0% on the previous year and up 68.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 0.166 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0254 years, in 1993.

That places Democratic Republic of Congo 181st out of 189 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1973 to 2018.
Year years Change
1973 0.0296 years
1993 0.0254 years -14.1%
2001 0.0259 years +1.8%
2002 0.0425 years +64.2%
2007 0.0874 years +105.5%
2008 0.0983 years +12.5%
2009 0.1167 years +18.7%
2010 0.0988 years -15.3%
2011 0.1082 years +9.5%
2012 0.1155 years +6.7%
2013 0.1151 years -0.3%
2014 0.1209 years +5.1%
2015 0.1288 years +6.5%
2018 0.166 years +29.0%

Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries

  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.166 years is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.2113 years, 79% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.166 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6615 years, 25% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2007 +105.5% 0.0425 years 0.0874 years

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.0296 years 0.0296 years 0.0296 years 1
1990s 0.0254 years 0.0254 years 0.0254 years 1
2000s 0.0742 years 0.0259 years 0.1167 years 5
2010s 0.1219 years 0.0988 years 0.166 years 7

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of Congo

  1. 178 Guinea-Bissau 0.1926 years compare
  2. 179 Syria 0.1728 years compare
  3. 180 Myanmar 0.1688 years compare
  4. 182 Burkina Faso 0.1658 years compare
  5. 183 Iraq 0.133 years compare
  6. 184 Mozambique 0.1254 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0.166 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The highest recorded value was 0.166 years in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0254 years in 1993.
How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 181st out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Over the last ten years it is up 68.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.