Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female was 50.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1996–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 50.5%.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 54.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 42.5%, in 1999.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 219th 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, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 42.8% | — |
| 1997 | 42.7% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 42.6% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 42.5% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 43.3% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 44.2% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 45.4% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 47.1% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 48.9% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 50.2% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 51.0% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 50.7% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 52.3% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 53.1% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 53.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 53.1% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 54.3% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 48.9% | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 49.8% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 49.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 50.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 50.5% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 50.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 51.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 50.5% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.7% | 42.5% | 42.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 48.6% | 43.3% | 53.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.1% | 48.9% | 54.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 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)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 50.5% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 54.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.5% in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release