Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female was 15.3% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1991–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2016, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 15.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 16.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 1997.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 160th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.5% | — |
| 1992 | 6.4% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 6.5% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 6.2% | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 6.1% | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 6.0% | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 6.2% | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 6.6% | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 6.8% | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 7.4% | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 7.9% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 8.7% | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 11.2% | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 12.0% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 12.8% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 13.7% | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 14.7% | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 15.9% | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 15.3% | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 6.0% | 6.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.5% | 6.8% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 12.6% | 16.0% | 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, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 15.3% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 1997.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 160th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release