School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9879 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9879 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
108th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9879 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6864 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, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa recorded 0.9879 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 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 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 0.9879 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6864 GPIA, in 1971.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 108th 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, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6885 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6864 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6898 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6926 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6957 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.6977 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7058 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7161 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7235 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7409 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7495 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7604 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.768 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.777 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7851 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7926 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7987 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8021 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8029 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8122 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8229 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8311 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8421 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8493 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.852 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8657 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8562 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.876 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8851 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8944 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.903 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9118 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9182 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9251 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9308 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9365 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.943 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9527 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9558 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9561 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9542 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9606 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9658 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9666 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9701 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.97 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9735 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9758 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9787 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9791 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9838 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9864 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9879 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7037 GPIA | 0.6864 GPIA | 0.7409 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7849 GPIA | 0.7495 GPIA | 0.8122 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8575 GPIA | 0.8229 GPIA | 0.8944 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9334 GPIA | 0.903 GPIA | 0.9568 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.965 GPIA | 0.9542 GPIA | 0.9758 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9832 GPIA | 0.9787 GPIA | 0.9879 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 0.9879 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9879 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6864 GPIA in 1971.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 108th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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