Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female was 90.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries stood at 90.4%. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 90.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 76.5%, in 1995.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 140th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 76.9% | — |
| 1995 | 76.5% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 77.2% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 78.6% | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 79.7% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 80.9% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 81.8% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 82.9% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 84.2% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 85.5% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 86.3% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 86.3% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 87.0% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 86.9% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 88.0% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 89.2% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 88.9% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 88.4% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 89.3% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 87.6% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 87.1% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 87.8% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 87.9% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 88.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 88.5% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 89.0% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 89.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 89.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 88.4% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 89.7% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 90.4% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.3% | 76.5% | 80.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 85.8% | 81.8% | 89.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.3% | 87.1% | 89.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.3% | 88.4% | 90.4% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.99 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 90.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 90.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.5% in 1995.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 140th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release