School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9891 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9891 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
93rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9891 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.624 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) is 0.9891 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 0.9891 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.624 GPIA, in 1971.
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 93rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6253 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.624 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6322 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6412 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6508 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6608 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6716 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6887 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7035 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7405 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7581 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.7747 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7864 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7921 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7963 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.8043 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.8133 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8207 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.8151 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8298 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8391 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.8518 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8572 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8576 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8742 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8331 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 0.8784 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8899 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9024 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9112 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9211 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9285 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.933 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9374 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9299 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9287 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9325 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9444 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9416 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9429 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9372 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9506 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9543 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.957 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9582 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9601 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9626 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9664 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9713 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9728 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9742 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9807 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9833 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9891 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6639 GPIA | 0.624 GPIA | 0.7405 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7991 GPIA | 0.7581 GPIA | 0.8298 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8624 GPIA | 0.8331 GPIA | 0.9024 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9309 GPIA | 0.9112 GPIA | 0.9444 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.956 GPIA | 0.9372 GPIA | 0.9713 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.98 GPIA | 0.9728 GPIA | 0.9891 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.92 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 511,384 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.8% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 0.9891 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 Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9891 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.624 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 93rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 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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February 2026 Data Release