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

Latest (2020)
0.9288 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
215th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9288 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.765 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
25
1996–2020

Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1996–2020

00.20.40.60.811996200820201996: 0.769 GPIA1997: 0.768 GPIA1998: 0.769 GPIA1999: 0.765 GPIA2000: 0.774 GPIA2001: 0.786 GPIA2002: 0.796 GPIA2003: 0.8 GPIA2004: 0.805 GPIA2005: 0.827 GPIA2006: 0.833 GPIA2007: 0.832 GPIA2008: 0.852 GPIA2009: 0.864 GPIA2010: 0.869 GPIA2011: 0.864 GPIA2012: 0.872 GPIA2013: 0.873 GPIA2014: 0.894 GPIA2015: 0.896 GPIA2016: 0.91 GPIA2017: 0.915 GPIA2018: 0.913 GPIA2019: 0.928 GPIA2020: 0.929 GPIA

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

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1996 to 2020.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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)

  1. 212 Somalia 0.8324 GPIA compare
  2. 213 Central African Republic 0.7866 GPIA compare
  3. 214 Afghanistan 0.7772 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 435 places →

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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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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
435 places, 17,336 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release