School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9469 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9469 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.9%
Rank
204th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9469 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5425 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) recorded 0.9469 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 0.9469 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5425 GPIA, in 1971.
That places WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 204th 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: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5447 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5425 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.5516 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.5636 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.5665 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.5785 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.5932 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5999 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.6291 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6479 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 0.663 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6742 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7044 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7088 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7184 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.7273 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7392 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7396 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.741 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7486 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7567 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7614 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.7658 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7667 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7725 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.7785 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7586 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7748 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.7784 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7866 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8045 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.816 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8062 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8245 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8067 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8406 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8532 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8666 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8765 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8813 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8835 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8875 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8974 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9021 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8982 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8994 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8998 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9033 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8971 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9095 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9115 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.911 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9118 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9293 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.9469 GPIA | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5818 GPIA | 0.5425 GPIA | 0.6479 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7165 GPIA | 0.663 GPIA | 0.7486 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.77 GPIA | 0.7567 GPIA | 0.7866 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8376 GPIA | 0.8045 GPIA | 0.8813 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8978 GPIA | 0.8835 GPIA | 0.9095 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9221 GPIA | 0.911 GPIA | 0.9469 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 6.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 28.76 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) was 0.9469 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9469 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5425 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 204th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 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