School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Arab World
WB: Arab World: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9711 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9711 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
174th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9711 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7104 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Arab World, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Arab World recorded 0.9711 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 WB: Arab World peaked at 0.9711 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7104 GPIA, in 1971.
That places WB: Arab World 174th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Arab World, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7119 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7104 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.7155 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.7201 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.7268 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.7308 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.7365 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7467 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7564 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7796 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7923 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8042 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8128 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8167 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8256 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8319 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.837 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8326 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8417 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.848 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.846 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8541 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8572 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8565 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8664 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.8387 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8671 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8738 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8802 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.889 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.899 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9063 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9112 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9146 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9157 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9158 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9175 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9296 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9308 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9332 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.928 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.937 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9405 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9463 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9468 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.953 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9558 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9582 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9632 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.964 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.965 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9666 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9684 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9711 GPIA | +0.3% |
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 WB: Arab World
More education data for WB: Arab World
- 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 WB: Arab World?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Arab World 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 WB: Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9711 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7104 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Arab World rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- WB: Arab World ranks 174th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Arab World 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