School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Spain

Spain: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 2.87 years in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
2.87 years
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
27th
of 189 countries
All-time high
2.92 years
in 2013
All-time low
1.12 years
in 1972
Years of data
34
1971–2018

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Spain, 1971–2018

01231971199420181971: 1.2 years1972: 1.1 years1973: 1.2 years1974: 1.2 years1975: 1.2 years1976: 1.3 years1977: 1.4 years1978: 1.5 years1979: 1.6 years1980: 1.7 years1981: 1.7 years1982: 1.8 years1983: 1.8 years1984: 1.8 years1985: 1.9 years1986: 1.9 years1987: 1.9 years1988: 2 years1989: 2.1 years1990: 2.2 years1991: 2.2 years1992: 2.4 years1993: 2.5 years1994: 2.6 years1995: 2.7 years1996: 2.8 years1997: 2.9 years1998: 2.9 years2013: 2.9 years2014: 2.8 years2015: 2.8 years2016: 2.7 years2017: 2.8 years2018: 2.9 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Spain is 2.87 years, measured in 2018.

The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Spain peaked at 2.92 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.12 years, in 1972.

Spain ranks 27th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.3 years 1.12 years 1.55 years 9
1980s 1.87 years 1.69 years 2.1 years 10
1990s 2.58 years 2.17 years 2.89 years 9
2010s 2.81 years 2.74 years 2.92 years 6

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 24 Slovakia 2.95 years compare
  2. 25 Cuba 2.93 years compare
  3. 26 Norway 2.88 years compare
  4. 28 Iceland 2.86 years compare
  5. 29 Uruguay 2.85 years compare
  6. 30 Vietnam 2.84 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Spain?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Spain was 2.87 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 2.92 years in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 1.12 years in 1972.
How does Spain rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Spain ranks 27th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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.