School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Western Asia
MDG: Western Asia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9805 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.9805 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
145th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9805 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.8429 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
28
1996–2023
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Western Asia, 1996–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Western Asia stood at 0.9805 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Western Asia peaked at 0.9805 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8429 GPIA, in 1999.
MDG: Western Asia ranks 145th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Western Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.8484 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.8471 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8448 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8429 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.845 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8491 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8553 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8629 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8681 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8849 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8937 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9025 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9175 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9243 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9281 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.932 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9344 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.939 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9463 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9473 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9489 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9563 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9574 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9644 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9667 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9781 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9805 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8458 GPIA | 0.8429 GPIA | 0.8484 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.8803 GPIA | 0.845 GPIA | 0.9243 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9444 GPIA | 0.9281 GPIA | 0.9574 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9724 GPIA | 0.9644 GPIA | 0.9805 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Western Asia
- 142 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9799 GPIA compare
- 143 Congo 0.9738 GPIA compare
- 144 Republic of Korea 0.9697 GPIA compare
- 145 Mauritania 0.9669 GPIA compare
- 146 Kenya 0.9612 GPIA compare
- 147 Ukraine 0.9606 GPIA compare
- 148 Pakistan 0.957 GPIA compare
More education data for MDG: Western Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.55 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8984 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.7723 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Western Asia was 0.9805 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9805 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8429 GPIA in 1999.
- How does MDG: Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- MDG: Western Asia ranks 145th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in MDG: Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Western Asia 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