School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)

WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.05 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.05 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
131st
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.05 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.4953 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024

School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1970–2024

00.250.50.751197019972024

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) is 1.05 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4953 GPIA, in 1971.

That places WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 131st 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1970 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1970 0.4979 GPIA
1971 0.4953 GPIA -0.5%
1972 0.5063 GPIA +2.2%
1973 0.5058 GPIA -0.1%
1974 0.5066 GPIA +0.2%
1975 0.5101 GPIA +0.7%
1976 0.511 GPIA +0.2%
1977 0.5035 GPIA -1.5%
1978 0.5073 GPIA +0.8%
1979 0.5198 GPIA +2.4%
1980 0.5272 GPIA +1.4%
1981 0.5322 GPIA +1.0%
1982 0.5394 GPIA +1.3%
1983 0.544 GPIA +0.9%
1984 0.545 GPIA +0.2%
1985 0.554 GPIA +1.6%
1986 0.5426 GPIA -2.0%
1987 0.5441 GPIA +0.3%
1988 0.5798 GPIA +6.6%
1989 0.5965 GPIA +2.9%
1990 0.6197 GPIA +3.9%
1991 0.6343 GPIA +2.4%
1992 0.6439 GPIA +1.5%
1993 0.6558 GPIA +1.8%
1994 0.6656 GPIA +1.5%
1995 0.6783 GPIA +1.9%
1996 0.6927 GPIA +2.1%
1997 0.7201 GPIA +4.0%
1998 0.7472 GPIA +3.8%
1999 0.7748 GPIA +3.7%
2000 0.8026 GPIA +3.6%
2001 0.8388 GPIA +4.5%
2002 0.8732 GPIA +4.1%
2003 0.9184 GPIA +5.2%
2004 0.9109 GPIA -0.8%
2005 0.934 GPIA +2.5%
2006 0.9602 GPIA +2.8%
2007 0.9456 GPIA -1.5%
2008 1.02 GPIA +7.3%
2009 0.9779 GPIA -3.7%
2010 0.9708 GPIA -0.7%
2011 0.9897 GPIA +1.9%
2012 0.9848 GPIA -0.5%
2013 0.9639 GPIA -2.1%
2014 0.9664 GPIA +0.3%
2015 0.9418 GPIA -2.5%
2016 0.9654 GPIA +2.5%
2017 0.964 GPIA -0.1%
2018 0.9887 GPIA +2.6%
2019 1.02 GPIA +3.1%
2020 1.02 GPIA -0.4%
2021 1.02 GPIA +0.9%
2022 1.04 GPIA +1.5%
2023 1.03 GPIA -0.9%
2024 1.05 GPIA +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5064 GPIA 0.4953 GPIA 0.5198 GPIA 10
1980s 0.5505 GPIA 0.5272 GPIA 0.5965 GPIA 10
1990s 0.6832 GPIA 0.6197 GPIA 0.7748 GPIA 10
2000s 0.9177 GPIA 0.8026 GPIA 1.02 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9755 GPIA 0.9418 GPIA 1.02 GPIA 10
2020s 1.03 GPIA 1.02 GPIA 1.05 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)

  1. 128 Singapore 1.09 GPIA compare
  2. 129 Macau, China 1.09 GPIA compare
  3. 130 Russian Federation 1.09 GPIA compare
  4. 131 Hong Kong, China 1.08 GPIA compare
  5. 132 Peru 1.08 GPIA compare
  6. 133 Turkmenistan 1.07 GPIA compare
  7. 134 India 1.07 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 WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) was 1.05 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4953 GPIA in 1971.
How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 131st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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, 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