School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9908 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries is 0.9908 GPIA, measured 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 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 0.9908 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6706 GPIA, in 1975.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 117th 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6792 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6753 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.6745 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6731 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6754 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6706 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6768 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6837 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6875 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6952 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7006 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.712 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.7223 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7348 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7423 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7496 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7529 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7555 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7611 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7688 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7827 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7972 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8107 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8208 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8268 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8475 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8583 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8721 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8845 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8961 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9032 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9077 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9146 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9209 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.929 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.94 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.951 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9639 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9573 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9556 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9538 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9563 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9496 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.948 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9525 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9571 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9629 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9695 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9748 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9772 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9774 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9856 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9896 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9908 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6791 GPIA | 0.6706 GPIA | 0.6952 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.74 GPIA | 0.7006 GPIA | 0.7688 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8397 GPIA | 0.7827 GPIA | 0.8961 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9343 GPIA | 0.9032 GPIA | 0.9639 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9584 GPIA | 0.948 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9841 GPIA | 0.9772 GPIA | 0.9908 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9.09 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 900,498 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 0.9908 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9908 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6706 GPIA in 1975.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 117th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 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