Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9019 GPIA in 2016. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2016, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 0.9019 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9019 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7269 GPIA, in 1999.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 200th of 212 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7269 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7347 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7432 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.764 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7755 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7831 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8016 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8149 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8159 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8328 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8442 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8512 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8554 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8658 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8681 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8782 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8914 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9019 GPIA | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7269 GPIA | 0.7269 GPIA | 0.7269 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.791 GPIA | 0.7347 GPIA | 0.8442 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8731 GPIA | 0.8512 GPIA | 0.9019 GPIA | 7 |
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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9019 GPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9019 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7269 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 200th out of 212 groups with data for 2016.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release