What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in High income?

The highest recorded value was 2.35 years in 2018.

What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in High income?

The lowest recorded value was 1.2 years in 1971.

How does High income rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?

High income ranks 7th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.

Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in High income?

Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this High income 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.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in High income

Name: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in High income
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

High income: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 2.34 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)

2.34 years

Change on year

down 0.1%

Rank

7th

of 45 groups

All-time high

2.35 years

in 2018

All-time low

1.2 years

in 1971

Years of data

1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in High income, 1970–2019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

High income recorded 2.34 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in High income peaked at 2.35 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.2 years, in 1971.

That places High income 7th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	1.32 years	1.2 years	1.44 years	10
1980s	1.62 years	1.47 years	1.72 years	10
1990s	1.86 years	1.73 years	1.98 years	10
2000s	2.1 years	2 years	2.19 years	10
2010s	2.3 years	2.21 years	2.35 years	10

Countries ranked near High income

4 Estonia 3.72 years compare
5 Lithuania 3.55 years compare
6 Moldova 3.54 years compare
7 Poland 3.52 years compare
8 Russia 3.5 years compare
9 Hungary 3.49 years compare
10 Mongolia 3.48 years compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

More reference data data for High income

School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 13.34 million number (2019)
School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 6.51 million number (2019)
School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 6.84 million number (2019)
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.81 years (2019)
School life expectancy, primary, male 5.82 years (2019)
School life expectancy, primary, female 5.81 years (2019)
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr 85.1% (2019)
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.34 years (2019)
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity i 1.2 GPIA (2019)
Teachers in primary education, male 1.04 million number (2019)

All data for High income →

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in High income?: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in High income was 2.34 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in High income?: The highest recorded value was 2.35 years in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in High income?: The lowest recorded value was 1.2 years in 1971.
How does High income rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?: High income ranks 7th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in High income?: Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this High income 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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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: 07 August 2026

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.