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
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1996–2024
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: 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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) →
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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February 2026 Data Release