School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.02 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
89th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.02 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6006 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) stood at 1.02 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6006 GPIA, in 1971.
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 89th 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.605 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6006 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.607 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6147 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.623 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6265 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6387 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6518 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.6618 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6897 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7017 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7175 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7288 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7402 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7467 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7565 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.763 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7704 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7779 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.793 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8084 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.8195 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.836 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8416 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8424 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8602 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8399 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8681 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8832 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8971 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.906 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9163 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9232 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9352 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9324 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9368 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9433 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9427 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9614 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9594 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9608 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9606 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9607 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9639 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9692 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9737 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.981 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9818 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.991 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9966 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9959 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9993 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6319 GPIA | 0.6006 GPIA | 0.6897 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7496 GPIA | 0.7017 GPIA | 0.793 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8496 GPIA | 0.8084 GPIA | 0.8971 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9357 GPIA | 0.906 GPIA | 0.9614 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9739 GPIA | 0.9606 GPIA | 0.9966 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9959 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- 86 Grenada 1.06 GPIA compare
- 87 Albania 1.06 GPIA compare
- 88 Serbia 1.05 GPIA compare
- 89 Netherlands 1.05 GPIA compare
- 90 South Africa 1.05 GPIA compare
- 91 Burkina Faso 1.05 GPIA compare
- 92 Botswana 1.05 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.85 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4091 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.95 million (2024)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 1.02 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 Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6006 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 89th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 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