Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female was 90.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 90.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 90.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55.9%, in 1974.
That places GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 200th 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, female in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 61.4% | — |
| 1971 | 56.3% | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 56.9% | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 57.0% | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 55.9% | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 56.7% | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 56.7% | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 56.7% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 56.9% | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 57.4% | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 58.5% | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 59.4% | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 60.7% | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 62.6% | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 64.6% | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 66.5% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 68.6% | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 70.6% | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 71.0% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 72.7% | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 74.0% | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 75.1% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 71.6% | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 72.2% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 77.0% | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 74.2% | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 74.6% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 78.8% | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 78.4% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 78.6% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 78.9% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 79.9% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 80.9% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 82.3% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 83.5% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 83.9% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 84.5% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 84.8% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 85.0% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 85.2% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 85.3% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 83.0% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 86.5% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 87.3% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 86.2% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 86.3% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 86.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 87.0% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 87.7% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 88.8% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 89.7% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 90.5% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 86.0% | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 90.0% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 90.8% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 57.2% | 55.9% | 61.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.5% | 58.5% | 72.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.4% | 71.6% | 78.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.9% | 78.9% | 85.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.4% | 83.0% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.4% | 86.0% | 90.8% | 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, female in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 90.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary, female recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 90.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary, female recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.9% in 1974.
- How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary, female?
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 200th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary, female rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release