Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts was 1.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.4%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
30th
of 121 countries
All-time high
1.5%
in 2007
All-time low
1.0%
in 2004
Years of data
22
1999–2023

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Palestine, State of, 1999–2023

00.511.51999201120231999: 1.1 GPIA2000: 1.3 GPIA2001: 1.4 GPIA2003: 1.4 GPIA2004: 1 GPIA2007: 1.5 GPIA2008: 1.4 GPIA2009: 1.4 GPIA2010: 1.4 GPIA2011: 1.4 GPIA2012: 1.3 GPIA2013: 1.3 GPIA2014: 1.3 GPIA2015: 1.3 GPIA2016: 1.3 GPIA2017: 1.3 GPIA2018: 1.3 GPIA2019: 1.2 GPIA2020: 1.3 GPIA2021: 1.4 GPIA2022: 1.4 GPIA2023: 1.4 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

Palestine, State of recorded 1.4% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in 2023.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in Palestine, State of peaked at 1.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2004.

Palestine, State of ranks 30th of 121 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Palestine, State of, 1999 to 2023.
Year GPIA Change
1999 1.1%
2000 1.3% +22.7%
2001 1.4% +0.4%
2003 1.4% +4.4%
2004 1.0% -28.6%
2007 1.5% +50.6%
2008 1.4% -7.3%
2009 1.4% -2.6%
2010 1.4% -0.1%
2011 1.4% -1.0%
2012 1.3% -4.1%
2013 1.3% +0.3%
2014 1.3% +0.4%
2015 1.3% -0.9%
2016 1.3% -3.6%
2017 1.3% +1.4%
2018 1.3% +2.3%
2019 1.2% -5.1%
2020 1.3% +6.4%
2021 1.4% +5.3%
2022 1.4% +2.4%
2023 1.4% +0.6%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 1.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.2%, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 1.4% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.5%, 93% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Palestine, State of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2007 +50.6% 1.0% 1.5%
2004 -28.6% 1.4% 1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 1
2000s 1.3% 1.0% 1.5% 7
2010s 1.3% 1.2% 1.4% 10
2020s 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 27 Niger 1.4% compare
  2. 28 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% compare
  3. 29 Albania 1.4% compare
  4. 31 Azerbaijan 1.4% compare
  5. 32 Finland 1.4% compare
  6. 33 Lithuania 1.4% compare

See the full ranking of 121 places →

More education data for Palestine, State of

All data for Palestine, State of →

Frequently asked questions

What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in Palestine, State of?
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in Palestine, State of was 1.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2007.
What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2004.
How does Palestine, State of rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts?
Palestine, State of ranks 30th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Palestine, State of. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-graduates-from-tertiary-education-graduating-from-arts-and-humanities-5/west-bank-and-gaza/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-graduates-from-tertiary-education-graduating-from-arts-and-humanities-5/west-bank-and-gaza/">Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Palestine, State of</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
121 places, 1,761 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release