Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 0.7755 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) recorded 0.7755 GPIA for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2024.
The figure is down 53.1% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 1.66 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.571 GPIA, in 2022.
That places WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 114th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.01 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 1.18 GPIA | +17.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8164 GPIA | -31.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8474 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8758 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8047 GPIA | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7956 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7702 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 1.28 GPIA | +66.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7213 GPIA | -43.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8344 GPIA | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7976 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6617 GPIA | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9468 GPIA | +43.1% |
| 2017 | 0.929 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.7806 GPIA | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9287 GPIA | +19.0% |
| 2020 | 1.62 GPIA | +74.3% |
| 2021 | 1.56 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.571 GPIA | -63.3% |
| 2023 | 1.66 GPIA | +189.9% |
| 2024 | 0.7755 GPIA | -53.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +189.9% | 0.571 GPIA | 1.66 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8999 GPIA | 0.7213 GPIA | 1.28 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8398 GPIA | 0.6617 GPIA | 0.9468 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.24 GPIA | 0.571 GPIA | 1.66 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.7755 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.571 GPIA in 2022.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 114th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release