Papua New Guinea vs WB: Arab World: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes

Papua New Guinea
88.0%
in 2023
WB: Arab World
80.4%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
155th
WB: Arab World rank
153rd

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • WB: Arab World
020406080197019972024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 88.0% against 80.4% in WB: Arab World, a difference of 7.6%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times WB: Arab World's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1970 it was WB: Arab World ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 155th and WB: Arab World ranks 153rd of 211 countries.

WB: Arab World has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea WB: Arab World Difference Ahead
1970s 33.2% 56.1% 22.9% WB: Arab World
1980s 41.2% 65.8% 24.6% WB: Arab World
1990s 45.4% 70.0% 24.7% WB: Arab World
2010s 75.4% 79.1% 3.6% WB: Arab World
2020s 79.2% 79.4% 0.2% WB: Arab World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes, Papua New Guinea or WB: Arab World?
Papua New Guinea, at 88.0% against 80.4% in WB: Arab World as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes between Papua New Guinea and WB: Arab World?
7.6%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and WB: Arab World?
30 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and WB: Arab World rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes?
Papua New Guinea ranks 155th and WB: Arab World ranks 153rd of 211 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Papua New Guinea vs WB: Arab World: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-secondary-both-sexes-percent-2/papua-new-guinea/wb-arab-world/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/gross-enrolment-ratio-primary-and-secondary-both-sexes-percent-2/papua-new-guinea/wb-arab-world/">Papua New Guinea vs WB: Arab World: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
432 places, 16,352 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release