Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9212 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.9212 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.0%
Rank
202nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9212 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.6248 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
23
1998–2020

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020

00.20.40.60.811998200920201998: 0.627 GPIA1999: 0.625 GPIA2000: 0.631 GPIA2001: 0.636 GPIA2002: 0.695 GPIA2003: 0.772 GPIA2004: 0.782 GPIA2005: 0.796 GPIA2006: 0.814 GPIA2007: 0.822 GPIA2008: 0.842 GPIA2009: 0.836 GPIA2010: 0.846 GPIA2011: 0.854 GPIA2012: 0.862 GPIA2013: 0.85 GPIA2014: 0.842 GPIA2015: 0.855 GPIA2016: 0.867 GPIA2017: 0.884 GPIA2018: 0.883 GPIA2019: 0.903 GPIA2020: 0.921 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.9212 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9212 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6248 GPIA, in 1999.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 202nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998 to 2020.
Year GPIA Change
1998 0.6267 GPIA
1999 0.6248 GPIA -0.3%
2000 0.6312 GPIA +1.0%
2001 0.6357 GPIA +0.7%
2002 0.6946 GPIA +9.3%
2003 0.7724 GPIA +11.2%
2004 0.7818 GPIA +1.2%
2005 0.7957 GPIA +1.8%
2006 0.8137 GPIA +2.3%
2007 0.8216 GPIA +1.0%
2008 0.8418 GPIA +2.5%
2009 0.8359 GPIA -0.7%
2010 0.8457 GPIA +1.2%
2011 0.8542 GPIA +1.0%
2012 0.8624 GPIA +0.9%
2013 0.8496 GPIA -1.5%
2014 0.8419 GPIA -0.9%
2015 0.8548 GPIA +1.5%
2016 0.8667 GPIA +1.4%
2017 0.8843 GPIA +2.0%
2018 0.8826 GPIA -0.2%
2019 0.9028 GPIA +2.3%
2020 0.9212 GPIA +2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6257 GPIA 0.6248 GPIA 0.6267 GPIA 2
2000s 0.7625 GPIA 0.6312 GPIA 0.8418 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8645 GPIA 0.8419 GPIA 0.9028 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9212 GPIA 0.9212 GPIA 0.9212 GPIA 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9212 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9212 GPIA in 2020.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6248 GPIA in 1999.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 202nd out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
420 places, 10,386 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release