Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa is 1.01 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9446 GPIA, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 58th out of 183 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.9456 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.9446 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9481 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9488 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9491 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9529 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9517 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9537 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9548 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9528 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9504 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9487 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9596 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9587 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9613 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9638 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.962 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9756 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9766 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9821 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9875 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9929 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9451 GPIA | 0.9446 GPIA | 0.9456 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9517 GPIA | 0.9481 GPIA | 0.9548 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9676 GPIA | 0.9487 GPIA | 0.9875 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9929 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 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 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 1.01 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9446 GPIA in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 58th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release