School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.5583 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.5583 years
Change on year
up 1.7%
Rank
44th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.5607 years
in 2015
All-time low
0.1799 years
in 1973
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 0.5583 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2019.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.5607 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1799 years, in 1973.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 44th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970 to 2019.
Year years Change
1970 0.1847 years
1971 0.1829 years -1.0%
1972 0.1817 years -0.7%
1973 0.1799 years -1.0%
1974 0.1804 years +0.3%
1975 0.2038 years +13.0%
1976 0.2367 years +16.1%
1977 0.2535 years +7.1%
1978 0.2613 years +3.1%
1979 0.276 years +5.6%
1980 0.2778 years +0.7%
1981 0.279 years +0.4%
1982 0.2784 years -0.2%
1983 0.2755 years -1.1%
1984 0.2821 years +2.4%
1985 0.2681 years -5.0%
1986 0.2637 years -1.6%
1987 0.264 years +0.1%
1988 0.2654 years +0.5%
1989 0.2718 years +2.4%
1990 0.2737 years +0.7%
1991 0.2805 years +2.5%
1992 0.2828 years +0.8%
1993 0.2715 years -4.0%
1994 0.2711 years -0.1%
1995 0.2823 years +4.1%
1996 0.2948 years +4.4%
1997 0.3142 years +6.6%
1998 0.3382 years +7.6%
1999 0.3289 years -2.8%
2000 0.3352 years +1.9%
2001 0.3377 years +0.8%
2002 0.3492 years +3.4%
2003 0.3574 years +2.4%
2004 0.3729 years +4.3%
2005 0.403 years +8.1%
2006 0.4354 years +8.0%
2007 0.4322 years -0.7%
2008 0.4637 years +7.3%
2009 0.496 years +7.0%
2010 0.5212 years +5.1%
2011 0.4975 years -4.5%
2012 0.4951 years -0.5%
2013 0.4897 years -1.1%
2014 0.5402 years +10.3%
2015 0.5607 years +3.8%
2016 0.5511 years -1.7%
2017 0.5545 years +0.6%
2018 0.5492 years -1.0%
2019 0.5583 years +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.2141 years 0.1799 years 0.276 years 10
1980s 0.2726 years 0.2637 years 0.2821 years 10
1990s 0.2938 years 0.2711 years 0.3382 years 10
2000s 0.3983 years 0.3352 years 0.496 years 10
2010s 0.5318 years 0.4897 years 0.5607 years 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

  1. 41 Netherlands 2.65 years compare
  2. 42 Romania 2.65 years compare
  3. 43 Tuvalu 2.63 years compare
  4. 44 Cyprus 2.59 years compare
  5. 45 Serbia 2.55 years compare
  6. 46 Ukraine 2.55 years compare
  7. 47 Maldives 2.5 years compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.5583 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 0.5607 years in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1799 years in 1973.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding 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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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.