School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
122nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7141 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7141 GPIA, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 122nd 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.718 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7141 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.716 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7174 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7212 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.7197 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7245 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.7307 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.7353 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7513 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7592 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7683 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.776 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7827 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.7867 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7927 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.7966 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.801 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8054 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8149 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8256 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8313 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8431 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.847 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.8465 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8581 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8444 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8625 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8706 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8787 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8867 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8962 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9064 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9156 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9151 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9221 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9292 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9284 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9446 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9448 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9484 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9487 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.95 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9544 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9604 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9664 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.976 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.977 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9827 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9877 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9869 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9866 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9974 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9972 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7248 GPIA | 0.7141 GPIA | 0.7513 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7883 GPIA | 0.7592 GPIA | 0.8149 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8508 GPIA | 0.8256 GPIA | 0.8787 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9189 GPIA | 0.8867 GPIA | 0.9448 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9652 GPIA | 0.9484 GPIA | 0.9877 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9939 GPIA | 0.9866 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.75 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.33 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 27.50 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.47 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7141 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 122nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release