Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 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, male was 62.8% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 62.8%.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 74.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 62.5%, in 2016.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 215th out of 219 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 70.1% | — |
| 1999 | 70.0% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 70.3% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 71.1% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 71.0% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 73.1% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 72.9% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 73.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 73.7% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 73.9% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 74.2% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 74.0% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 73.6% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 72.8% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 72.1% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 62.5% | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 62.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 62.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 62.5% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 62.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 63.4% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 63.1% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 62.8% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.0% | 70.0% | 70.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 72.7% | 70.3% | 74.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.8% | 62.5% | 73.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.8% | 62.8% | 62.8% | 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, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 62.8% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 74.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.5% in 2016.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male?
- 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, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release