Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted was 0.9426 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.9426 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
191st
of 219 groups
All-time high
0.9426 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.7474 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
23
1998–2020

Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020

00.20.40.60.811998200920201998: 0.748 GPIA1999: 0.747 GPIA2000: 0.751 GPIA2001: 0.754 GPIA2002: 0.763 GPIA2003: 0.788 GPIA2004: 0.795 GPIA2005: 0.813 GPIA2006: 0.824 GPIA2007: 0.83 GPIA2008: 0.841 GPIA2009: 0.849 GPIA2010: 0.854 GPIA2011: 0.87 GPIA2012: 0.883 GPIA2013: 0.897 GPIA2014: 0.895 GPIA2015: 0.9 GPIA2016: 0.914 GPIA2017: 0.925 GPIA2018: 0.919 GPIA2019: 0.94 GPIA2020: 0.943 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.9426 GPIA for gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9426 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7474 GPIA, in 1999.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 191st of 219 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998 to 2020.
Year GPIA Change
1998 0.7478 GPIA
1999 0.7474 GPIA -0.1%
2000 0.7508 GPIA +0.5%
2001 0.7545 GPIA +0.5%
2002 0.7629 GPIA +1.1%
2003 0.7878 GPIA +3.3%
2004 0.795 GPIA +0.9%
2005 0.8131 GPIA +2.3%
2006 0.8244 GPIA +1.4%
2007 0.8305 GPIA +0.7%
2008 0.8409 GPIA +1.3%
2009 0.8489 GPIA +0.9%
2010 0.8537 GPIA +0.6%
2011 0.8701 GPIA +1.9%
2012 0.8831 GPIA +1.5%
2013 0.8967 GPIA +1.5%
2014 0.8945 GPIA -0.2%
2015 0.9002 GPIA +0.6%
2016 0.9137 GPIA +1.5%
2017 0.925 GPIA +1.2%
2018 0.9191 GPIA -0.6%
2019 0.9404 GPIA +2.3%
2020 0.9426 GPIA +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7476 GPIA 0.7474 GPIA 0.7478 GPIA 2
2000s 0.8009 GPIA 0.7508 GPIA 0.8489 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8996 GPIA 0.8537 GPIA 0.9404 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9426 GPIA 0.9426 GPIA 0.9426 GPIA 1

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

  1. 188 Niue 0.7897 GPIA compare
  2. 189 Guinea 0.7887 GPIA compare
  3. 190 Chad 0.7671 GPIA compare
  4. 191 Afghanistan 0.7425 GPIA compare
  5. 192 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7383 GPIA compare
  6. 193 Iraq 0.7342 GPIA compare
  7. 194 Central African Republic 0.6829 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 413 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9426 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9426 GPIA in 2020.
What is the lowest gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7474 GPIA in 1999.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 191st out of 219 groups with data for 2020.
Is gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
413 places, 13,116 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release