School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Arab World
WB: Arab World: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9613 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9613 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
184th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9613 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8356 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
31
1994–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Arab World, 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 WB: Arab World is 0.9613 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 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Arab World peaked at 0.9613 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8356 GPIA, in 1996.
WB: Arab World ranks 184th 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 WB: Arab World, 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 WB: Arab World
- 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 WB: Arab World
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.74 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 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Arab World?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Arab World 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 WB: Arab World?
- 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 WB: Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8356 GPIA in 1996.
- How does WB: Arab World rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- WB: Arab World ranks 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Arab World 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