School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.5499 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.5499 years
Change on year
up 1.8%
Rank
45th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.5511 years
in 2015
All-time low
0.1793 years
in 1973
Years of data
50
1970–2019

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

0.20.30.40.50.6197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) stood at 0.5499 years.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.5511 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1793 years, in 1973.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 45th 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 (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1970 to 2019.
Year years Change
1970 0.1842 years
1971 0.1823 years -1.0%
1972 0.1811 years -0.7%
1973 0.1793 years -1.0%
1974 0.1799 years +0.3%
1975 0.2035 years +13.1%
1976 0.2367 years +16.3%
1977 0.2538 years +7.2%
1978 0.2616 years +3.1%
1979 0.2765 years +5.7%
1980 0.2783 years +0.7%
1981 0.2795 years +0.4%
1982 0.2787 years -0.3%
1983 0.2756 years -1.1%
1984 0.2822 years +2.4%
1985 0.2679 years -5.1%
1986 0.2633 years -1.7%
1987 0.2634 years +0.0%
1988 0.2645 years +0.4%
1989 0.2707 years +2.4%
1990 0.2723 years +0.6%
1991 0.2789 years +2.4%
1992 0.2811 years +0.8%
1993 0.2688 years -4.4%
1994 0.2681 years -0.3%
1995 0.2804 years +4.6%
1996 0.292 years +4.1%
1997 0.308 years +5.5%
1998 0.3319 years +7.7%
1999 0.322 years -3.0%
2000 0.3286 years +2.1%
2001 0.3325 years +1.2%
2002 0.3448 years +3.7%
2003 0.354 years +2.7%
2004 0.3684 years +4.1%
2005 0.3985 years +8.2%
2006 0.4309 years +8.2%
2007 0.4276 years -0.8%
2008 0.4587 years +7.3%
2009 0.4908 years +7.0%
2010 0.5165 years +5.2%
2011 0.4919 years -4.8%
2012 0.4896 years -0.5%
2013 0.4824 years -1.5%
2014 0.5322 years +10.3%
2015 0.5511 years +3.5%
2016 0.5421 years -1.6%
2017 0.5455 years +0.6%
2018 0.54 years -1.0%
2019 0.5499 years +1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.2139 years 0.1793 years 0.2765 years 10
1980s 0.2724 years 0.2633 years 0.2822 years 10
1990s 0.2904 years 0.2681 years 0.3319 years 10
2000s 0.3935 years 0.3286 years 0.4908 years 10
2010s 0.5241 years 0.4824 years 0.5511 years 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

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  2. 43 Tuvalu 2.63 years compare
  3. 44 Cyprus 2.59 years compare
  4. 45 Serbia 2.55 years compare
  5. 46 Ukraine 2.55 years compare
  6. 47 Maldives 2.5 years compare
  7. 48 Chile 2.48 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.5499 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
The highest recorded value was 0.5511 years in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1793 years in 1973.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 45th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.