School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9863 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9863 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
113th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9863 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6827 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries stood at 0.9863 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 0.9863 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6827 GPIA, in 1971.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 113th 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 UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6845 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6827 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6866 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.6897 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.6931 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6954 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7035 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7138 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7212 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7381 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7467 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7575 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.765 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7741 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7822 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7899 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7963 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7999 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.801 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.81 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8205 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8284 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8391 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8461 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8487 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8615 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.852 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8707 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8791 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8879 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8958 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.904 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9129 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9189 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9241 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9304 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9362 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.943 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9475 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9472 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9481 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9471 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9488 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9536 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9591 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9613 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9653 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9671 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9705 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9748 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9776 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.978 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9826 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9849 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9863 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7009 GPIA | 0.6827 GPIA | 0.7381 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7823 GPIA | 0.7467 GPIA | 0.81 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8534 GPIA | 0.8205 GPIA | 0.8879 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.926 GPIA | 0.8958 GPIA | 0.9475 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9596 GPIA | 0.9471 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9819 GPIA | 0.9776 GPIA | 0.9863 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 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 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.99 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 0.9863 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9863 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6827 GPIA in 1971.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 113th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 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