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South Africa: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes

0.78years · 2023+5.3% since 2013

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SLE.02. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
20230.779
20220.77
20210.756
20200.759
20190.761
20180.747
20170.772UIS_EST
20160.762UIS_EST
20150.776
20140.768
20130.74
20120.743
20110.713
20100.74
20050.449UIS_EST
20040.389UIS_EST
20030.334UIS_EST
20020.298UIS_EST
20010.338UIS_EST
20000.296UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sle-02 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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