Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.9041 GPIA in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9041 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
167th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9041 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.6481 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1991–2016

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1991–2016

00.20.40.60.811991200320161991: 0.688 GPIA1992: 0.697 GPIA1993: 0.708 GPIA1994: 0.704 GPIA1995: 0.701 GPIA1996: 0.701 GPIA1997: 0.7 GPIA1998: 0.66 GPIA1999: 0.648 GPIA2000: 0.683 GPIA2001: 0.706 GPIA2002: 0.739 GPIA2003: 0.739 GPIA2004: 0.756 GPIA2005: 0.783 GPIA2006: 0.831 GPIA2007: 0.807 GPIA2008: 0.805 GPIA2009: 0.827 GPIA2010: 0.827 GPIA2011: 0.844 GPIA2012: 0.87 GPIA2013: 0.883 GPIA2014: 0.884 GPIA2015: 0.897 GPIA2016: 0.904 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.9041 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in 2016. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9041 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6481 GPIA, in 1999.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 167th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1991 to 2016.
Year GPIA Change
1991 0.6883 GPIA
1992 0.697 GPIA +1.3%
1993 0.7083 GPIA +1.6%
1994 0.7045 GPIA -0.5%
1995 0.7007 GPIA -0.5%
1996 0.7006 GPIA -0.0%
1997 0.7003 GPIA -0.0%
1998 0.6601 GPIA -5.7%
1999 0.6481 GPIA -1.8%
2000 0.6827 GPIA +5.4%
2001 0.7062 GPIA +3.4%
2002 0.7385 GPIA +4.6%
2003 0.7393 GPIA +0.1%
2004 0.7557 GPIA +2.2%
2005 0.7829 GPIA +3.6%
2006 0.831 GPIA +6.1%
2007 0.8069 GPIA -2.9%
2008 0.8053 GPIA -0.2%
2009 0.8273 GPIA +2.7%
2010 0.8271 GPIA -0.0%
2011 0.8437 GPIA +2.0%
2012 0.8696 GPIA +3.1%
2013 0.8833 GPIA +1.6%
2014 0.8836 GPIA +0.0%
2015 0.8971 GPIA +1.5%
2016 0.9041 GPIA +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6898 GPIA 0.6481 GPIA 0.7083 GPIA 9
2000s 0.7676 GPIA 0.6827 GPIA 0.831 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8726 GPIA 0.8271 GPIA 0.9041 GPIA 7

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

  1. 164 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7453 GPIA compare
  2. 165 Burkina Faso 0.7401 GPIA compare
  3. 166 Eritrea 0.7043 GPIA compare
  4. 167 Malawi 0.6959 GPIA compare
  5. 168 Nigeria 0.6941 GPIA compare
  6. 169 Djibouti 0.6718 GPIA compare
  7. 170 Congo 0.6691 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 410 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9041 GPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9041 GPIA in 2016.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6481 GPIA in 1999.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 167th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
410 places, 14,225 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release