Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes was 16.1% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1988–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2016, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 16.1%.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and up 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 17.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 1997.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 159th out of 221 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 7.9% | — |
| 1991 | 7.9% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 7.8% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 7.9% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 7.5% | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 7.4% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 7.3% | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 7.3% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 7.9% | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 8.4% | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 8.4% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 8.9% | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 9.3% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 10.1% | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 11.2% | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 12.3% | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 12.7% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 14.8% | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 17.0% | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 16.9% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 7.7% | 7.3% | 8.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 8.4% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 13.8% | 17.0% | 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, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 16.1% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 1997.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 159th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.9%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release