School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9362 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9362 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
205th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9362 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7773 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
29
1996–2024

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1996–2024

00.20.40.60.811996201020241996: 0.777 GPIA1997: 0.791 GPIA1998: 0.795 GPIA1999: 0.803 GPIA2000: 0.816 GPIA2001: 0.826 GPIA2002: 0.816 GPIA2003: 0.825 GPIA2004: 0.81 GPIA2005: 0.84 GPIA2006: 0.85 GPIA2007: 0.862 GPIA2008: 0.871 GPIA2009: 0.877 GPIA2010: 0.877 GPIA2011: 0.882 GPIA2012: 0.887 GPIA2013: 0.889 GPIA2014: 0.889 GPIA2015: 0.89 GPIA2016: 0.892 GPIA2017: 0.895 GPIA2018: 0.892 GPIA2019: 0.902 GPIA2020: 0.904 GPIA2021: 0.904 GPIA2022: 0.906 GPIA2023: 0.921 GPIA2024: 0.936 GPIA

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: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) is 0.9362 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9362 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7773 GPIA, in 1996.

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 205th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1996 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1996 0.7773 GPIA
1997 0.791 GPIA +1.8%
1998 0.795 GPIA +0.5%
1999 0.8027 GPIA +1.0%
2000 0.8165 GPIA +1.7%
2001 0.8263 GPIA +1.2%
2002 0.8162 GPIA -1.2%
2003 0.825 GPIA +1.1%
2004 0.8102 GPIA -1.8%
2005 0.8396 GPIA +3.6%
2006 0.8505 GPIA +1.3%
2007 0.8618 GPIA +1.3%
2008 0.8707 GPIA +1.0%
2009 0.8771 GPIA +0.7%
2010 0.8771 GPIA +0.0%
2011 0.8818 GPIA +0.5%
2012 0.8872 GPIA +0.6%
2013 0.8895 GPIA +0.3%
2014 0.8889 GPIA -0.1%
2015 0.8897 GPIA +0.1%
2016 0.8922 GPIA +0.3%
2017 0.8951 GPIA +0.3%
2018 0.8917 GPIA -0.4%
2019 0.9019 GPIA +1.1%
2020 0.9042 GPIA +0.3%
2021 0.9043 GPIA +0.0%
2022 0.9058 GPIA +0.2%
2023 0.9211 GPIA +1.7%
2024 0.9362 GPIA +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7915 GPIA 0.7773 GPIA 0.8027 GPIA 4
2000s 0.8394 GPIA 0.8102 GPIA 0.8771 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8895 GPIA 0.8771 GPIA 0.9019 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9143 GPIA 0.9042 GPIA 0.9362 GPIA 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.9362 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: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9362 GPIA in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7773 GPIA in 1996.
How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 205th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 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