Education in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024

532 indicators covering education for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.83 years 2024 up 4.9% 151st
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9605 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% 187th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 63.8% 2024 up 14.4% 125th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9542 GPI 2024 down 0.7% 150th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 66.9% 2024 up 15.2% 106th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.8% 2024 down 20.3% 67th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.9% 2024 down 21.1% 123rd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.2% 2024 up 0.7% 155th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 71.3% 2024 up 11.1% 129th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.1% 2024 up 0.2% 99th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 65.5% 2024 down 0.6% 183rd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.9% 2024 down 20.5% 86th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 34.5% 2024 up 1.2% 39th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 2.01 million 2025 up 25.7% 27th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 25.3% 2025 down 2.3% 1st
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 61.2% 2024 down 3.4% 189th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 70.3% 2024 up 2.2% 184th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 38.8% 2024 up 5.9% 33rd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 29.7% 2024 down 4.9% 38th
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 468,733 2024 up 0.7% 174th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 148,267 2024 down 41.7% 143rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,163 2023 up 36.5% 187th
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 399,851 2024 down 4.2% 174th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 11.7% 2024 unchanged 37th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 267,566 2024 down 25.4% 144th
Teachers in lower secondary education, female 243,392 2024 up 9.9% 168th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 51.9% 2024 up 9.1% 133rd
Teachers in lower secondary education, male 225,341 2024 down 7.6% 178th
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 44.0% 2024 up 6.9% 142nd
Teachers in upper secondary education, female 175,903 2024 up 2.4% 166th
Teachers in upper secondary education, male 223,949 2024 down 8.8% 169th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9771 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% 142nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 70.5% 2024 up 12.5% 132nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 72.1% 2024 up 9.9% 123rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 4,770 2023 up 7,850.0% 100th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 79,944 2023 up 107.8% 167th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 55,879 2023 up 641.9% 133rd
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 203,229 2023 up 125.1% 167th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 21.2% 177th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 68,003 2024 up 3.5% 155th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 35,105 2024 up 10.5% 151st
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 32,898 2024 down 3.1% 161st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 6,978.6% 53rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 up 558.6% 53rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.5% 2023 up 84.4% 96th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 1.3% 2023 up 99.8% 84th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 2,027 2023 up 128.5% 146th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 292,117 2024 up 226.2% 181st
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 143,968 2024 up 363.6% 177th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 214,485 2024 up 15.2% 158th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 148,150 2024 up 153.3% 180th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 110,806 2024 up 44.4% 152nd
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 103,679 2024 down 5.3% 159th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 1.15 million 2025 up 26.9% 25th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 868,600 2025 up 24.2% 28th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 29.5% 2025 down 1.0% 1st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 21.2% 2025 down 3.6% 3rd
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 180,790 2023 up 55.8% 131st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 102.7% 85th
Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 3.6% 2023 up 13.6% 69th