Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9268 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 0.9268 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9268 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7341 GPIA, in 1999.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.738 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.7341 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7428 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7527 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7741 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7921 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7985 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8181 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8277 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.829 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8494 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8558 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8621 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8617 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8692 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8668 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8829 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8873 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9008 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9082 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9066 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9226 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9268 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7361 GPIA | 0.7341 GPIA | 0.738 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.804 GPIA | 0.7428 GPIA | 0.8558 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8868 GPIA | 0.8617 GPIA | 0.9226 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9268 GPIA | 0.9268 GPIA | 0.9268 GPIA | 1 |
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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9268 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9268 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7341 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release