School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9905 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9905 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
138th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9905 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5986 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) recorded 0.9905 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) peaked at 0.9905 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5986 GPIA, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 138th 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: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6045 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5986 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.602 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.6053 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.6123 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6152 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6258 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6373 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6484 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.6799 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 0.6966 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7162 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7291 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.74 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.7474 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7565 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.764 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7737 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7833 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8012 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8156 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.8262 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8468 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8502 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8435 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.8622 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.8294 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8611 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8734 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8845 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8899 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8969 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.902 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9159 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.908 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9111 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9196 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.916 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9412 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9396 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9367 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9384 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9387 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9389 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9544 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9613 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9644 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9703 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9753 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9709 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9739 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9829 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9852 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9905 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6229 GPIA | 0.5986 GPIA | 0.6799 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7508 GPIA | 0.6966 GPIA | 0.8012 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8493 GPIA | 0.8156 GPIA | 0.8845 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.914 GPIA | 0.8899 GPIA | 0.9412 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9525 GPIA | 0.9367 GPIA | 0.9753 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9807 GPIA | 0.9709 GPIA | 0.9905 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- 135 Türkiye 1 GPIA compare
- 136 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
- 137 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9992 GPIA compare
- 138 Egypt 0.9958 GPIA compare
- 139 Rwanda 0.9957 GPIA compare
- 140 Japan 0.9955 GPIA compare
- 141 San Marino 0.9899 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 82.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.52 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 9.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 14.02 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 12.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.94 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) was 0.9905 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: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9905 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5986 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 138th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 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