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
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1991–2016
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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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?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release