School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9842 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9842 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
126th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9842 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6056 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) stood at 0.9842 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) peaked at 0.9842 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6056 GPIA, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6072 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6056 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.61 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6138 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6215 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6244 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6348 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6521 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.664 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6974 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 0.7152 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7368 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7507 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.7627 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7711 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7782 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.7896 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.801 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8034 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.8199 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8323 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8384 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8605 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8645 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.8566 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.8784 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.84 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8751 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8881 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8998 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9034 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9093 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9129 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9226 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9196 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9196 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.925 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9316 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9443 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9449 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9408 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9404 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9435 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9433 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9506 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9515 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9526 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9557 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9611 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.967 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9682 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9691 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9773 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9811 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9842 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6331 GPIA | 0.6056 GPIA | 0.6974 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7729 GPIA | 0.7152 GPIA | 0.8199 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8634 GPIA | 0.8323 GPIA | 0.8998 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9233 GPIA | 0.9034 GPIA | 0.9449 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9506 GPIA | 0.9404 GPIA | 0.967 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.976 GPIA | 0.9682 GPIA | 0.9842 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- 123 Republic of Korea 0.9956 GPIA compare
- 124 Singapore 0.9956 GPIA compare
- 125 Suriname 0.9955 GPIA compare
- 126 British Virgin Islands 0.9951 GPIA compare
- 127 Namibia 0.995 GPIA compare
- 128 Republic of Moldova 0.9947 GPIA compare
- 129 Hungary 0.9932 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 82.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.52 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 9.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.17 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.94 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 12.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 6.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) was 0.9842 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9842 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6056 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release