School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9613 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 0.9613 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.9613 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8356 GPIA, in 1996.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8471 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8541 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8356 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8586 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8648 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8708 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.878 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8872 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8917 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9047 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9059 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9094 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9121 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9176 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9275 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9277 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9277 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9242 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9283 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9313 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.937 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9379 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9425 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9448 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9466 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9511 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9525 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9538 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.959 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9613 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8552 GPIA | 0.8356 GPIA | 0.8708 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9062 GPIA | 0.878 GPIA | 0.9277 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9371 GPIA | 0.9242 GPIA | 0.9511 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9567 GPIA | 0.9525 GPIA | 0.9613 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- 181 Papua New Guinea 0.9409 GPIA compare
- 182 Togo 0.9399 GPIA compare
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9387 GPIA compare
- 184 Eswatini 0.9366 GPIA compare
- 185 Iraq 0.9353 GPIA compare
- 186 Benin 0.9206 GPIA compare
- 187 Mozambique 0.9205 GPIA compare
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)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.47 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.9613 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9613 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8356 GPIA in 1996.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release