School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 0.7805 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1983–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0.7805 years, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.7806 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.293 years, in 1985.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.2956 years | — |
| 1984 | 0.2934 years | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.293 years | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.2997 years | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.3107 years | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.3127 years | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.313 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.3121 years | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.317 years | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.322 years | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.3223 years | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3235 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.3328 years | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3549 years | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 0.36 years | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3895 years | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4103 years | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4342 years | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4415 years | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4659 years | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4827 years | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4829 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5243 years | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.518 years | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5576 years | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6438 years | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 0.7048 years | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5769 years | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 0.6244 years | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 0.777 years | +24.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7806 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7763 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7805 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2954 years | 0.293 years | 0.2997 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.3185 years | 0.3107 years | 0.3328 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4346 years | 0.3549 years | 0.5243 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.674 years | 0.518 years | 0.7806 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 31 Italy 2.84 years compare
- 32 San Marino 2.82 years compare
- 33 Republic of Korea 2.8 years compare
- 34 Slovenia 2.79 years compare
- 35 Luxembourg 2.78 years compare
- 36 Croatia 2.78 years compare
- 37 Macau, China 2.76 years compare
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7795 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7648 GPIA (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, male 2.57 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.7805 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7806 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.293 years in 1985.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (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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About this data
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.