School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9358 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) stood at 0.9358 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 0.9358 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7752 GPIA, in 1996.
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 206th 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 (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.7752 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.7887 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7927 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8003 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.814 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8237 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8137 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8227 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8079 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8378 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8487 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8603 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8692 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8758 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8759 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8805 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8861 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8883 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8878 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8887 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8912 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8942 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.8909 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9011 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9034 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9035 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9049 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9204 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9358 GPIA | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7892 GPIA | 0.7752 GPIA | 0.8003 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.8374 GPIA | 0.8079 GPIA | 0.8758 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8885 GPIA | 0.8759 GPIA | 0.9011 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9136 GPIA | 0.9034 GPIA | 0.9358 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 6.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 28.76 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) was 0.9358 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9358 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7752 GPIA in 1996.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 206th 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 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