School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Arab States
UIS: Arab States: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9634 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Arab States, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Arab States is 0.9634 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Arab States peaked at 0.9634 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8379 GPIA, in 1996.
UIS: Arab States ranks 177th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 UIS: Arab States, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8498 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8568 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8379 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8612 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8681 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8745 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.882 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8914 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8961 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9094 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9106 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9142 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.917 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9227 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9324 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9324 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9321 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9283 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9319 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9346 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9402 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9407 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9452 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9475 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9494 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9535 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9547 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.956 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9588 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9609 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9634 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8581 GPIA | 0.8379 GPIA | 0.8745 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9108 GPIA | 0.882 GPIA | 0.9324 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9403 GPIA | 0.9283 GPIA | 0.9535 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9588 GPIA | 0.9547 GPIA | 0.9634 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UIS: Arab States
More education data for UIS: Arab States
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6559 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.10 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Arab States?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Arab States was 0.9634 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9634 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8379 GPIA in 1996.
- How does UIS: Arab States rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UIS: Arab States ranks 177th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UIS: Arab States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: Arab States 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