Educational attainment rate, completed … male Bachelor location LPIA in Palestine
Palestine: Educational attainment rate, completed … male Bachelor location LPIA was 0.9339 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Palestine, 2000–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Palestine stood at 0.9339 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Palestine peaked at 0.9339 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5937 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Palestine 1st out of 84 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male Bachelor location LPIA in Palestine, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6837 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.5937 LPIA | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6882 LPIA | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6935 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7098 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7166 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7882 LPIA | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7446 LPIA | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.673 LPIA | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8495 LPIA | +26.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8433 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7769 LPIA | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8094 LPIA | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8283 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7289 LPIA | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7938 LPIA | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8651 LPIA | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8788 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9231 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9208 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9339 LPIA | +1.4% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.9339 LPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2971 LPIA, 3.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 0.9339 LPIA is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.6995 LPIA, 1.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.699 LPIA | 0.5937 LPIA | 0.7882 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8174 LPIA | 0.7289 LPIA | 0.8788 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9259 LPIA | 0.9208 LPIA | 0.9339 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 2 Belgium 0.8994 LPIA compare
- 3 United Kingdom 0.8505 LPIA compare
- 4 Switzerland 0.8435 LPIA compare
More education data for Palestine
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 90.1 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 90.44 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 50,739 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 306 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 86,251 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,420 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 868,232 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Palestine?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Palestine was 0.9339 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9339 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5937 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Palestine rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Palestine ranks 1st out of 84 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release