Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9315 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.9315 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
206th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9315 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.7332 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
25
1996–2020

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

00.20.40.60.811996200820201996: 0.736 GPIA1997: 0.736 GPIA1998: 0.736 GPIA1999: 0.733 GPIA2000: 0.74 GPIA2001: 0.748 GPIA2002: 0.768 GPIA2003: 0.78 GPIA2004: 0.788 GPIA2005: 0.807 GPIA2006: 0.818 GPIA2007: 0.821 GPIA2008: 0.839 GPIA2009: 0.849 GPIA2010: 0.857 GPIA2011: 0.859 GPIA2012: 0.868 GPIA2013: 0.869 GPIA2014: 0.879 GPIA2015: 0.892 GPIA2016: 0.902 GPIA2017: 0.911 GPIA2018: 0.91 GPIA2019: 0.927 GPIA2020: 0.931 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 0.9315 GPIA, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9315 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7332 GPIA, in 1999.

That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 206th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1996 to 2020.
Year GPIA Change
1996 0.7365 GPIA
1997 0.7361 GPIA -0.0%
1998 0.7358 GPIA -0.0%
1999 0.7332 GPIA -0.4%
2000 0.7401 GPIA +0.9%
2001 0.7477 GPIA +1.0%
2002 0.7684 GPIA +2.8%
2003 0.7802 GPIA +1.5%
2004 0.7884 GPIA +1.1%
2005 0.8072 GPIA +2.4%
2006 0.8185 GPIA +1.4%
2007 0.8212 GPIA +0.3%
2008 0.8394 GPIA +2.2%
2009 0.8494 GPIA +1.2%
2010 0.8567 GPIA +0.9%
2011 0.8594 GPIA +0.3%
2012 0.8681 GPIA +1.0%
2013 0.8688 GPIA +0.1%
2014 0.879 GPIA +1.2%
2015 0.8916 GPIA +1.4%
2016 0.9023 GPIA +1.2%
2017 0.9106 GPIA +0.9%
2018 0.9103 GPIA -0.0%
2019 0.927 GPIA +1.8%
2020 0.9315 GPIA +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7354 GPIA 0.7332 GPIA 0.7365 GPIA 4
2000s 0.796 GPIA 0.7401 GPIA 0.8494 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8874 GPIA 0.8567 GPIA 0.927 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9315 GPIA 0.9315 GPIA 0.9315 GPIA 1

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

  1. 203 Guinea 0.7953 GPIA compare
  2. 204 Central African Republic 0.7684 GPIA compare
  3. 205 Afghanistan 0.7236 GPIA compare
  4. 206 Guinea-Bissau 0.6611 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 427 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9315 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9315 GPIA in 2020.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7332 GPIA in 1999.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 206th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and 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
427 places, 15,550 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release