Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9288 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1996–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.9288 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2020. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9288 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.765 GPIA, in 1999.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 215th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.7692 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.768 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7692 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.765 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7745 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7861 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7959 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7998 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8052 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8271 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8332 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.832 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8524 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8638 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8688 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8645 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8718 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8725 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.894 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8961 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.91 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9147 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.913 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9279 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9288 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7679 GPIA | 0.765 GPIA | 0.7692 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.817 GPIA | 0.7745 GPIA | 0.8638 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8933 GPIA | 0.8645 GPIA | 0.9279 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9288 GPIA | 0.9288 GPIA | 0.9288 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- 212 Somalia 0.8324 GPIA compare
- 213 Central African Republic 0.7866 GPIA compare
- 214 Afghanistan 0.7772 GPIA compare
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, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9288 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9288 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.765 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release