Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries

UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9663 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9663 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
178th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9663 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8446 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
31
1994–2024

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1994–2024

00.20.40.60.811994200920241994: 0.853 GPIA1995: 0.859 GPIA1996: 0.845 GPIA1997: 0.866 GPIA1998: 0.873 GPIA1999: 0.881 GPIA2000: 0.888 GPIA2001: 0.895 GPIA2002: 0.899 GPIA2003: 0.912 GPIA2004: 0.918 GPIA2005: 0.923 GPIA2006: 0.926 GPIA2007: 0.929 GPIA2008: 0.934 GPIA2009: 0.935 GPIA2010: 0.936 GPIA2011: 0.933 GPIA2012: 0.94 GPIA2013: 0.945 GPIA2014: 0.951 GPIA2015: 0.953 GPIA2016: 0.957 GPIA2017: 0.956 GPIA2018: 0.957 GPIA2019: 0.96 GPIA2020: 0.962 GPIA2021: 0.963 GPIA2022: 0.962 GPIA2023: 0.963 GPIA2024: 0.966 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries recorded 0.9663 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 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 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 0.9663 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8446 GPIA, in 1996.

UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 178th 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 UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1994 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1994 0.8531 GPIA
1995 0.8593 GPIA +0.7%
1996 0.8446 GPIA -1.7%
1997 0.8658 GPIA +2.5%
1998 0.8734 GPIA +0.9%
1999 0.8814 GPIA +0.9%
2000 0.888 GPIA +0.7%
2001 0.8955 GPIA +0.8%
2002 0.8991 GPIA +0.4%
2003 0.9124 GPIA +1.5%
2004 0.9179 GPIA +0.6%
2005 0.9227 GPIA +0.5%
2006 0.9256 GPIA +0.3%
2007 0.9293 GPIA +0.4%
2008 0.934 GPIA +0.5%
2009 0.9353 GPIA +0.1%
2010 0.9362 GPIA +0.1%
2011 0.9334 GPIA -0.3%
2012 0.9395 GPIA +0.7%
2013 0.9448 GPIA +0.6%
2014 0.9515 GPIA +0.7%
2015 0.9526 GPIA +0.1%
2016 0.9573 GPIA +0.5%
2017 0.9564 GPIA -0.1%
2018 0.9567 GPIA +0.0%
2019 0.96 GPIA +0.4%
2020 0.9623 GPIA +0.2%
2021 0.9626 GPIA +0.0%
2022 0.9615 GPIA -0.1%
2023 0.9628 GPIA +0.1%
2024 0.9663 GPIA +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8629 GPIA 0.8446 GPIA 0.8814 GPIA 6
2000s 0.916 GPIA 0.888 GPIA 0.9353 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9488 GPIA 0.9334 GPIA 0.96 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9631 GPIA 0.9615 GPIA 0.9663 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries

  1. 175 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.955 GPIA compare
  2. 176 South Africa 0.9543 GPIA compare
  3. 177 Ethiopia 0.951 GPIA compare
  4. 178 Serbia 0.9499 GPIA compare
  5. 179 Fiji 0.9494 GPIA compare
  6. 180 Togo 0.9483 GPIA compare
  7. 181 Papua New Guinea 0.9424 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 0.9663 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
The highest recorded value was 0.9663 GPIA in 2024.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8446 GPIA in 1996.
How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 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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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and 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, 10,306 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release