Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9828 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 0.9828 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.9828 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8963 GPIA, in 1999.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 136th out of 212 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8963 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.906 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9146 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9248 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.936 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9377 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9446 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.95 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9482 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9583 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.962 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9613 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9622 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9598 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.962 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9648 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9703 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9693 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9727 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9767 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9766 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9748 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9777 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9776 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9828 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8963 GPIA | 0.8963 GPIA | 0.8963 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.938 GPIA | 0.906 GPIA | 0.96 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9661 GPIA | 0.9598 GPIA | 0.9767 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9779 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 0.9828 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.56 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 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 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.9828 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9828 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8963 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 136th out of 212 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release