School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024

GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9605 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9605 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
187th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.963 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.7727 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
31
1994–2024

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1994–2024

00.20.40.60.811994200920241994: 0.812 GPIA1995: 0.822 GPIA1996: 0.773 GPIA1997: 0.823 GPIA1998: 0.833 GPIA1999: 0.844 GPIA2000: 0.857 GPIA2001: 0.87 GPIA2002: 0.865 GPIA2003: 0.888 GPIA2004: 0.898 GPIA2005: 0.901 GPIA2006: 0.909 GPIA2007: 0.921 GPIA2008: 0.938 GPIA2009: 0.938 GPIA2010: 0.934 GPIA2011: 0.923 GPIA2012: 0.939 GPIA2013: 0.945 GPIA2014: 0.952 GPIA2015: 0.955 GPIA2016: 0.958 GPIA2017: 0.96 GPIA2018: 0.96 GPIA2019: 0.962 GPIA2020: 0.961 GPIA2021: 0.958 GPIA2022: 0.963 GPIA2023: 0.963 GPIA2024: 0.96 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 0.9605 GPIA.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 0.963 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7727 GPIA, in 1996.

That places GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 187th 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 GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1994 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1994 0.8118 GPIA
1995 0.8222 GPIA +1.3%
1996 0.7727 GPIA -6.0%
1997 0.8226 GPIA +6.5%
1998 0.8333 GPIA +1.3%
1999 0.8444 GPIA +1.3%
2000 0.8575 GPIA +1.5%
2001 0.8703 GPIA +1.5%
2002 0.8652 GPIA -0.6%
2003 0.8884 GPIA +2.7%
2004 0.8982 GPIA +1.1%
2005 0.9015 GPIA +0.4%
2006 0.9087 GPIA +0.8%
2007 0.9208 GPIA +1.3%
2008 0.9381 GPIA +1.9%
2009 0.9379 GPIA -0.0%
2010 0.9343 GPIA -0.4%
2011 0.9227 GPIA -1.2%
2012 0.9394 GPIA +1.8%
2013 0.9449 GPIA +0.6%
2014 0.9525 GPIA +0.8%
2015 0.9547 GPIA +0.2%
2016 0.9581 GPIA +0.4%
2017 0.9599 GPIA +0.2%
2018 0.9605 GPIA +0.1%
2019 0.962 GPIA +0.2%
2020 0.9606 GPIA -0.1%
2021 0.9585 GPIA -0.2%
2022 0.963 GPIA +0.5%
2023 0.9626 GPIA -0.0%
2024 0.9605 GPIA -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8178 GPIA 0.7727 GPIA 0.8444 GPIA 6
2000s 0.8987 GPIA 0.8575 GPIA 0.9381 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9489 GPIA 0.9227 GPIA 0.962 GPIA 10
2020s 0.961 GPIA 0.9585 GPIA 0.963 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024

  1. 184 Eswatini 0.9366 GPIA compare
  2. 185 Iraq 0.9353 GPIA compare
  3. 186 Benin 0.9206 GPIA compare
  4. 187 Mozambique 0.9205 GPIA compare
  5. 188 Mali 0.9201 GPIA compare
  6. 189 Tajikistan 0.9165 GPIA compare
  7. 190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9103 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 0.9605 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
The highest recorded value was 0.963 GPIA in 2022.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7727 GPIA in 1996.
How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 187th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release