School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9743 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 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 UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa is 0.9743 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 0.9743 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8518 GPIA, in 1996.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 144th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8616 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8677 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8518 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8715 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8782 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8851 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8926 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9023 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9047 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9175 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9219 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9254 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9304 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9384 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9469 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9468 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9456 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9417 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9465 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9526 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9583 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9615 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9602 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9624 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9641 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9675 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9686 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9712 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9727 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9743 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8693 GPIA | 0.8518 GPIA | 0.8851 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9227 GPIA | 0.8926 GPIA | 0.9469 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.955 GPIA | 0.9417 GPIA | 0.9641 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9709 GPIA | 0.9675 GPIA | 0.9743 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- 141 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9854 GPIA compare
- 142 Poland 0.9841 GPIA compare
- 143 Guyana 0.9839 GPIA compare
- 144 Barbados 0.9838 GPIA compare
- 145 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9837 GPIA compare
- 146 Netherlands 0.9837 GPIA compare
- 147 Palau 0.9831 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 0.9743 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9743 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8518 GPIA in 1996.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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