School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9887 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 0.9887 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 0.9887 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.685 GPIA, in 1975.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 123rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6958 GPIA | 0.685 GPIA | 0.7069 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7495 GPIA | 0.7105 GPIA | 0.7842 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8447 GPIA | 0.7997 GPIA | 0.8914 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9249 GPIA | 0.8977 GPIA | 0.9466 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9539 GPIA | 0.9437 GPIA | 0.9711 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9811 GPIA | 0.9731 GPIA | 0.9887 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 0.9887 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9887 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.685 GPIA in 1975.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 123rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release