School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Gulf Area
UNICEF: Gulf Area: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.03 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Gulf Area, 2012–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Gulf Area stood at 1.03 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Gulf Area peaked at 1.2 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.03 GPIA, in 2023.
UNICEF: Gulf Area ranks 12th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Gulf Area, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.15 GPIA | — |
| 2013 | 1.14 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.07 GPIA | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.06 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.19 GPIA | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 1.2 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.09 GPIA | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 1.06 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1.03 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Gulf Area
- 9 Congo 1.11 GPIA compare
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 1.1 GPIA compare
- 11 American Samoa 1.1 GPIA
- 12 Gambia 1.09 GPIA compare
- 13 Madagascar 1.09 GPIA compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 1.09 GPIA compare
- 15 Cote d'Ivoire 1.09 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: Gulf Area
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 98.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.41 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 796,027 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 344,316 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.00 million (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 977,542 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Gulf Area was 1.03 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2023.
- How does UNICEF: Gulf Area rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Gulf Area ranks 12th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Gulf Area data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release