Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 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, female was 59.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 59.2% for gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female in 2020.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 63.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 52.3%, in 1999.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 215th 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, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 52.4% | — |
| 1999 | 52.3% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 52.8% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 53.6% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 54.1% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 57.6% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 58.0% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 59.4% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 60.8% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 61.4% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 62.4% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 62.8% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 62.8% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 63.4% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 63.7% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 56.1% | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 55.9% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 56.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 57.1% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 57.8% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 58.3% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 59.3% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 59.2% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.4% | 52.3% | 52.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 58.3% | 52.8% | 62.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.1% | 55.9% | 63.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.2% | 59.2% | 59.2% | 1 |
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 intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 59.2% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 63.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.3% in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 215th out of 219 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. 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 intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release