Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9534 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) is 0.9534 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.9534 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8315 GPIA, in 1996.
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 189th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8405 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.849 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8315 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8586 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8677 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8757 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.883 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8911 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8937 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9077 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.91 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9136 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9146 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.919 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9226 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.924 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9253 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9223 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9294 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9305 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9353 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9358 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9404 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9415 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9421 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9463 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9479 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9484 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9474 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9497 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9534 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8538 GPIA | 0.8315 GPIA | 0.8757 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9079 GPIA | 0.883 GPIA | 0.924 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9349 GPIA | 0.9223 GPIA | 0.9463 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9494 GPIA | 0.9474 GPIA | 0.9534 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.56 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.9534 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9534 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8315 GPIA in 1996.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release