Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9776 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
142nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9776 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6107 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa recorded 0.9776 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 0.9776 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6107 GPIA, in 1970.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 142nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6107 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6142 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.6205 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6192 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6245 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6319 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6435 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6564 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6665 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6954 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6998 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7143 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.727 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.754 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7664 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7766 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7846 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7897 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8014 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8128 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8222 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8346 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8433 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.8475 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8613 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8526 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8757 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8868 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8986 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9082 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.916 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9236 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9318 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9404 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9469 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9528 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9623 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9595 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9575 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.958 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9553 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9572 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.959 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9629 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9635 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9671 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9666 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9687 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9699 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9715 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9715 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9715 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9734 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9776 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6383 GPIA | 0.6107 GPIA | 0.6954 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7554 GPIA | 0.6998 GPIA | 0.8014 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8535 GPIA | 0.8128 GPIA | 0.8986 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9399 GPIA | 0.9082 GPIA | 0.9623 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9628 GPIA | 0.9553 GPIA | 0.9699 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9731 GPIA | 0.9715 GPIA | 0.9776 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 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 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6107 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 142nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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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February 2026 Data Release