School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.937 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.937 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
176th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.937 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.4432 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 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 WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) is 0.937 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 0.937 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4432 GPIA, in 1971.
That places WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 176th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4465 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4432 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.4594 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.4732 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 0.482 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.4896 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.5027 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.5203 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 0.5313 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.5537 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 0.5604 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5738 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5949 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 0.6026 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.6104 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.6212 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6366 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.6442 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.6539 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.6624 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.6793 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.6995 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 0.7091 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.7239 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7321 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7576 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7717 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7893 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8061 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8228 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8345 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.844 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8492 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8601 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8583 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.874 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8761 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8803 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8716 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8822 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8718 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8716 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8602 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8496 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8716 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8726 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8818 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8814 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8969 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9039 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9061 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9076 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9109 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9243 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 0.937 GPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4902 GPIA | 0.4432 GPIA | 0.5537 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.616 GPIA | 0.5604 GPIA | 0.6624 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7491 GPIA | 0.6793 GPIA | 0.8228 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.863 GPIA | 0.8345 GPIA | 0.8822 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8761 GPIA | 0.8496 GPIA | 0.9039 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9172 GPIA | 0.9061 GPIA | 0.937 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 6.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 28.76 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) was 0.937 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.937 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4432 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 176th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 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