School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.6322 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6322 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
158th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.6758 years
in 2016
All-time low
0.09 years
in 1979
Years of data
11
1979–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Saudi Arabia, 1979–2019

00.20.40.61979199920191979: 0.09 years2005: 0.346 years2007: 0.35 years2008: 0.353 years2013: 0.338 years2014: 0.47 years2015: 0.654 years2016: 0.676 years2017: 0.623 years2018: 0.627 years2019: 0.632 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 0.6322 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 79.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.6758 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.09 years, in 1979.

That places Saudi Arabia 158th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.09 years 0.09 years 0.09 years 1
2000s 0.3494 years 0.3457 years 0.3527 years 3
2010s 0.5743 years 0.3379 years 0.6758 years 7

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 155 Bahamas 0.6526 years compare
  2. 156 Comoros 0.6459 years compare
  3. 157 Botswana 0.6339 years compare
  4. 159 Egypt 0.5917 years compare
  5. 160 Jordan 0.5768 years compare
  6. 161 Sierra Leone 0.5466 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Saudi Arabia?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Saudi Arabia was 0.6322 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 0.6758 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.09 years in 1979.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Saudi Arabia ranks 158th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 79.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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

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.