School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UIS: Arab States
UIS: Arab States: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9903 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9903 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
119th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9903 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6875 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UIS: Arab States, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UIS: Arab States recorded 0.9903 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UIS: Arab States peaked at 0.9903 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6875 GPIA, in 1975.
UIS: Arab States ranks 119th 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UIS: Arab States, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7026 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.698 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.6974 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.693 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6949 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6875 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.6945 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7012 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7026 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7091 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.7128 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7238 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7332 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.7456 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7518 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7578 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.7634 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7686 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7782 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.7866 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8022 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8129 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8296 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8362 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8368 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8547 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8585 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8668 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8812 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8941 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9004 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9051 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9115 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9202 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9222 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9331 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9422 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9478 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9489 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9499 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9492 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9531 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9463 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9477 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9512 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9563 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9575 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9604 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9672 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9728 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9746 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9843 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.989 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9903 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6981 GPIA | 0.6875 GPIA | 0.7091 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7522 GPIA | 0.7128 GPIA | 0.7866 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8473 GPIA | 0.8022 GPIA | 0.8941 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9281 GPIA | 0.9004 GPIA | 0.9499 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9562 GPIA | 0.9463 GPIA | 0.9728 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9826 GPIA | 0.9746 GPIA | 0.9903 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UIS: Arab States
More education data for UIS: Arab States
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 20.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.57 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 25.80 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.63 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UIS: Arab States?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UIS: Arab States was 0.9903 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9903 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6875 GPIA in 1975.
- How does UIS: Arab States rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UIS: Arab States ranks 119th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UIS: Arab States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: Arab States 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