School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Arab States
UIS: Arab States: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9802 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Arab States, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Arab States is 0.9802 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Arab States peaked at 0.9802 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7027 GPIA, in 1971.
UIS: Arab States ranks 136th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 UIS: Arab States, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7045 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7027 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.7059 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.7089 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7139 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.7136 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7195 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7291 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7349 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.7521 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7611 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7719 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7804 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7874 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.792 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7974 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8037 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8091 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8104 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.819 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8286 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8323 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.8438 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.848 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.8479 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8605 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8446 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8646 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8743 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8834 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8915 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9004 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9096 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9163 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9188 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.924 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9282 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9314 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.94 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.941 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9425 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9417 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9438 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9468 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9516 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9537 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9574 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.96 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9637 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9683 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9694 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9698 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9779 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9802 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7185 GPIA | 0.7027 GPIA | 0.7521 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7932 GPIA | 0.7611 GPIA | 0.819 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8528 GPIA | 0.8286 GPIA | 0.8834 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9201 GPIA | 0.8915 GPIA | 0.941 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9529 GPIA | 0.9417 GPIA | 0.9683 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9744 GPIA | 0.9694 GPIA | 0.9802 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UIS: Arab States
More education data for UIS: Arab States
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6559 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.10 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Arab States?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Arab States was 0.9802 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9802 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7027 GPIA in 1971.
- How does UIS: Arab States rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UIS: Arab States ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UIS: Arab States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: Arab States 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