School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9711 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 0.9711 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.9711 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7104 GPIA, in 1971.
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 174th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7335 GPIA | 0.7104 GPIA | 0.7796 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8215 GPIA | 0.7923 GPIA | 0.8417 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8588 GPIA | 0.8387 GPIA | 0.8802 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.913 GPIA | 0.889 GPIA | 0.9308 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9462 GPIA | 0.928 GPIA | 0.9632 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.967 GPIA | 0.964 GPIA | 0.9711 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.75 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.33 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 27.50 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 14.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.9711 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9711 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7104 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 174th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release