ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) vs Suriname: Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
0.3862 GPIA
in 2020
Suriname
0.5138 GPIA
in 2024
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank
171st
Suriname rank
168th

Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 over time

  • ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 0.5138 GPIA against 0.3862 GPIA in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), a difference of 0.1276 GPIA.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.3 times ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2005 it was ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ahead.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 171st and Suriname ranks 168th of 214 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) averaged higher in 1 and Suriname in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) Suriname Difference Ahead
2000s 0.9002 GPIA 0.7322 GPIA 0.168 GPIA ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
2010s 0.5826 GPIA 0.6388 GPIA 0.0562 GPIA Suriname
2020s 0.3862 GPIA 0.614 GPIA 0.2278 GPIA Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2, ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) or Suriname?
Suriname, at 0.5138 GPIA against 0.3862 GPIA in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) as of 2024.
What is the difference in proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 between ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) and Suriname?
0.1276 GPIA, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) and Suriname?
16 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2020.
How do ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) and Suriname rank globally for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 171st and Suriname ranks 168th of 214 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
397 places, 6,759 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release