School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9229 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
0.9229 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
190th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9234 GPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.4999 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 0.9229 GPIA, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9234 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4999 GPIA, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 190th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5001 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4999 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5112 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.5107 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.5185 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.5286 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.5363 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.5512 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.5582 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.567 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.5786 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.5835 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.5917 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5965 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.6013 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6078 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.6121 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.6128 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6157 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.615 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6173 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6161 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6211 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.6281 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.6265 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.628 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6349 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6394 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.6387 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.6404 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.6491 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6551 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6951 GPIA | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7283 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7531 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7688 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7905 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8032 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8157 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8233 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8334 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8454 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8566 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8581 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8524 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8833 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.886 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8976 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9048 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9234 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9229 GPIA | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5282 GPIA | 0.4999 GPIA | 0.567 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6015 GPIA | 0.5786 GPIA | 0.6157 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.629 GPIA | 0.6161 GPIA | 0.6404 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7482 GPIA | 0.6491 GPIA | 0.8233 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8741 GPIA | 0.8334 GPIA | 0.9234 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9229 GPIA | 0.9229 GPIA | 0.9229 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- 187 Zimbabwe 0.9174 GPIA compare
- 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9161 GPIA compare
- 189 Mali 0.9123 GPIA compare
- 190 Mozambique 0.8931 GPIA compare
- 191 Dominica 0.8923 GPIA compare
- 192 Cameroon 0.8897 GPIA compare
- 193 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8831 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 197,633 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.14 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 907,217 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 792,452 (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9229 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9234 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4999 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 190th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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