Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)

ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female was 85.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
85.8%
Change on year
down 1.5%
Rank
86th
of 220 groups
All-time high
87.7%
in 2021
All-time low
69.5%
in 1971
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1970–2023

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) is 85.8%, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 87.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 69.5%, in 1971.

That places ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 86th out of 220 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year

Annual values for Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female (%) in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1970 to 2023.
Year % Change
1970 69.7%
1971 69.5% -0.3%
1972 71.4% +2.6%
1973 71.6% +0.4%
1974 72.9% +1.8%
1975 74.7% +2.4%
1976 74.3% -0.6%
1977 74.9% +0.9%
1978 73.1% -2.4%
1979 75.2% +2.8%
1980 76.1% +1.2%
1981 77.4% +1.7%
1982 77.9% +0.6%
1983 79.1% +1.6%
1984 79.5% +0.5%
1985 81.9% +3.0%
1986 82.5% +0.8%
1987 83.7% +1.4%
1988 79.2% -5.4%
1989 81.9% +3.3%
1990 82.4% +0.7%
1991 82.7% +0.4%
1992 83.1% +0.5%
1993 84.0% +1.0%
1994 83.7% -0.4%
1995 83.7% +0.1%
1996 83.4% -0.4%
1997 82.9% -0.7%
1998 82.9% +0.0%
1999 83.9% +1.2%
2000 83.6% -0.4%
2001 82.7% -1.1%
2002 82.9% +0.3%
2003 82.1% -1.0%
2004 80.2% -2.3%
2005 79.7% -0.6%
2006 81.5% +2.3%
2007 82.2% +0.8%
2008 83.3% +1.3%
2009 85.2% +2.3%
2010 84.6% -0.7%
2011 84.4% -0.3%
2012 85.0% +0.7%
2013 84.4% -0.7%
2014 84.1% -0.4%
2015 84.8% +0.8%
2016 85.7% +1.0%
2017 85.5% -0.2%
2018 85.9% +0.5%
2019 86.1% +0.2%
2020 85.7% -0.4%
2021 87.7% +2.3%
2022 87.1% -0.7%
2023 85.8% -1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 72.7% 69.5% 75.2% 10
1980s 79.9% 76.1% 83.7% 10
1990s 83.3% 82.4% 84.0% 10
2000s 82.4% 79.7% 85.2% 10
2010s 85.0% 84.1% 86.1% 10
2020s 86.6% 85.7% 87.7% 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 85.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
The highest recorded value was 87.7% in 2021.
What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
The lowest recorded value was 69.5% in 1971.
How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female?
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 86th out of 220 groups with data for 2023.
Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
384 places, 13,512 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release