School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9396 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9396 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
199th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9396 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5091 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) recorded 0.9396 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 0.9396 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5091 GPIA, in 1971.
That places WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5115 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5091 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5191 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5319 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5365 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.5467 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.5606 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5706 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.5919 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 0.6114 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6234 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.6351 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.6617 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.668 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.6771 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6862 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.6989 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7015 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7054 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.7128 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7231 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.734 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7398 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7455 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7511 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.7642 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7575 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7731 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.7809 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.792 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8071 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8181 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8155 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8327 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8204 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8486 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8581 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8681 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8716 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8794 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8774 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8805 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8812 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8807 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8877 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8881 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8919 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8937 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8965 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9066 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9087 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9088 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9103 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9253 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9396 GPIA | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5489 GPIA | 0.5091 GPIA | 0.6114 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.677 GPIA | 0.6234 GPIA | 0.7128 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7561 GPIA | 0.7231 GPIA | 0.792 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8419 GPIA | 0.8071 GPIA | 0.8794 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8884 GPIA | 0.8774 GPIA | 0.9066 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9185 GPIA | 0.9087 GPIA | 0.9396 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
- 196 Liechtenstein 0.9061 GPIA compare
- 197 Benin 0.8996 GPIA compare
- 198 Djibouti 0.8888 GPIA compare
- 199 Tajikistan 0.8783 GPIA compare
- 200 Eritrea 0.8438 GPIA compare
- 201 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8313 GPIA compare
- 202 Chad 0.8221 GPIA compare
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 secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) was 0.9396 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9396 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5091 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release