Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes was 92.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 92.1% for gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 92.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.9%, in 1979.
That places GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 204th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 77.3% | — |
| 1971 | 71.5% | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 72.2% | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 72.1% | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 70.4% | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 71.3% | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 70.8% | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 70.4% | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 70.0% | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 69.9% | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 70.7% | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 71.0% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 71.8% | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 73.4% | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 74.8% | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 76.1% | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 77.9% | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 79.6% | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 81.1% | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 81.3% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 82.5% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 84.0% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 79.5% | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 80.0% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 85.6% | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 81.6% | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 86.6% | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 86.9% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 85.8% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 85.2% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 85.0% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 85.4% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 86.0% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 87.0% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 87.8% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 88.1% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 88.4% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 88.2% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 88.2% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 88.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 88.3% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 86.6% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 89.2% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 89.8% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 88.3% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 88.2% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 88.1% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 89.3% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 90.2% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 91.1% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 91.9% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 87.2% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 91.3% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 92.1% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 71.6% | 69.9% | 77.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.8% | 70.7% | 81.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 83.8% | 79.5% | 86.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.2% | 85.0% | 88.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.7% | 86.6% | 90.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.7% | 87.2% | 92.1% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 844,570 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 8.64 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 92.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 92.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.9% in 1979.
- How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes?
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 204th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release