School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9278 GPIA in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9278 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
163rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9278 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.5404 GPIA
in 1977
Years of data
44
1971–2016

School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1971–2016

00.20.40.60.811971199320161971: 0.569 GPIA1972: 0.552 GPIA1973: 0.548 GPIA1974: 0.55 GPIA1975: 0.554 GPIA1976: 0.57 GPIA1977: 0.54 GPIA1978: 0.554 GPIA1979: 0.549 GPIA1980: 0.575 GPIA1981: 0.567 GPIA1982: 0.608 GPIA1983: 0.599 GPIA1984: 0.612 GPIA1985: 0.61 GPIA1986: 0.626 GPIA1987: 0.631 GPIA1988: 0.625 GPIA1991: 0.667 GPIA1992: 0.676 GPIA1993: 0.688 GPIA1994: 0.686 GPIA1995: 0.685 GPIA1996: 0.688 GPIA1997: 0.69 GPIA1998: 0.653 GPIA1999: 0.64 GPIA2000: 0.672 GPIA2001: 0.694 GPIA2002: 0.727 GPIA2003: 0.73 GPIA2004: 0.748 GPIA2005: 0.775 GPIA2006: 0.823 GPIA2007: 0.801 GPIA2008: 0.8 GPIA2009: 0.823 GPIA2010: 0.823 GPIA2011: 0.836 GPIA2012: 0.866 GPIA2013: 0.883 GPIA2014: 0.894 GPIA2015: 0.917 GPIA2016: 0.928 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 0.9278 GPIA, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.

The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 0.9278 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5404 GPIA, in 1977.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 163rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1971 to 2016.
Year GPIA Change
1971 0.569 GPIA
1972 0.5524 GPIA -2.9%
1973 0.5482 GPIA -0.8%
1974 0.5503 GPIA +0.4%
1975 0.5536 GPIA +0.6%
1976 0.5704 GPIA +3.0%
1977 0.5404 GPIA -5.3%
1978 0.5541 GPIA +2.5%
1979 0.549 GPIA -0.9%
1980 0.5747 GPIA +4.7%
1981 0.5672 GPIA -1.3%
1982 0.6076 GPIA +7.1%
1983 0.5987 GPIA -1.5%
1984 0.612 GPIA +2.2%
1985 0.6103 GPIA -0.3%
1986 0.626 GPIA +2.6%
1987 0.6308 GPIA +0.8%
1988 0.6248 GPIA -1.0%
1991 0.6672 GPIA +6.8%
1992 0.6763 GPIA +1.4%
1993 0.6885 GPIA +1.8%
1994 0.6863 GPIA -0.3%
1995 0.6847 GPIA -0.2%
1996 0.6881 GPIA +0.5%
1997 0.6897 GPIA +0.2%
1998 0.6529 GPIA -5.3%
1999 0.64 GPIA -2.0%
2000 0.6716 GPIA +4.9%
2001 0.6941 GPIA +3.3%
2002 0.7271 GPIA +4.8%
2003 0.73 GPIA +0.4%
2004 0.7483 GPIA +2.5%
2005 0.7753 GPIA +3.6%
2006 0.8234 GPIA +6.2%
2007 0.8009 GPIA -2.7%
2008 0.7997 GPIA -0.1%
2009 0.8225 GPIA +2.8%
2010 0.823 GPIA +0.1%
2011 0.836 GPIA +1.6%
2012 0.8656 GPIA +3.5%
2013 0.8826 GPIA +2.0%
2014 0.8945 GPIA +1.3%
2015 0.9169 GPIA +2.5%
2016 0.9278 GPIA +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5541 GPIA 0.5404 GPIA 0.5704 GPIA 9
1980s 0.6058 GPIA 0.5672 GPIA 0.6308 GPIA 9
1990s 0.6749 GPIA 0.64 GPIA 0.6897 GPIA 9
2000s 0.7593 GPIA 0.6716 GPIA 0.8234 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8781 GPIA 0.823 GPIA 0.9278 GPIA 7

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

  1. 160 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7938 GPIA compare
  2. 161 Kenya 0.7696 GPIA compare
  3. 162 Uganda 0.7671 GPIA compare
  4. 163 Rwanda 0.7646 GPIA compare
  5. 164 Zambia 0.7533 GPIA compare
  6. 165 Fiji 0.753 GPIA compare
  7. 166 Malawi 0.7387 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 412 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.9278 GPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9278 GPIA in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5404 GPIA in 1977.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 163rd out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
412 places, 14,075 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release