School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Gulf Area
UNICEF: Gulf Area: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.01 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Gulf Area, 2012–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Gulf Area recorded 1.01 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Gulf Area peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.01 GPIA, in 2023.
UNICEF: Gulf Area ranks 23rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Gulf Area, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.06 GPIA | — |
| 2013 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.05 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Gulf Area
More education data for UNICEF: Gulf Area
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 344,316 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 26.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0178 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.41 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 5.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 18.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Gulf Area was 1.01 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2023.
- How does UNICEF: Gulf Area rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: Gulf Area ranks 23rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Gulf Area 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