Education in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

178 indicators covering education for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.78 million number 2019 up 45.7% 39th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.007 number per person 2019 up 21.0% 42nd
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 2nd
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 11th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 90.4% 2019 up 8.9% 24th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 93.8% 2019 up 5.7% 21st
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 10.82 years 2019 up 9.4% 24th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.9593 GPI 2019 up 3.1% 33rd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.28 years 2019 up 6.1% 19th
Government expenditure on education, total 3.7% 2017 down 9.2% 19th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 up 12.7% 32nd
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.4749 number per square kilometre 2019 up 45.8% 41st
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.65 % change on previous year 2019 down 52.2% 2nd
Number of infant deaths, female 253,602 2024 down 23.3% 19th
Number of infant deaths, male 325,584 2024 down 22.3% 19th
Number of under-five deaths, female 292,320 2024 down 25.2% 19th
Number of under-five deaths, male 365,954 2024 down 23.6% 19th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 1.86 years 2019 up 31.0% 23rd
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2019 up 2.6% 34th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.82 years 2019 up 27.7% 22nd
Teachers in primary education, female 1.35 million number 2019 up 45.3% 34th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.002 number per person 2019 up 20.6% 35th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.1341 number per square kilometre 2019 up 45.4% 24th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 up 12.3% 15th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 2.31 million number 2019 up 49.8% 39th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 52.3% 2019 up 9.4% 7th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.6% 2018 up 15.0% 16th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 12.91 years 2018 up 11.1% 21st
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 13.3% 2025 down 9.7% 2nd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.6% 2025 up 0.7% 2nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.7% 2025 down 3.9% 2nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 210,927 number 2019 up 45.5% 40th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.32 % change on previous year 2019 up 918.4% 4th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 5.4% 2019 down 22.0% 24th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 640,737 number 2019 up 47.9% 29th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 46,938 2024 down 12.1% 24th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 43,047 2024 up 4.5% 24th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 60,653 2024 down 1.7% 28th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 72,501 2024 down 5.4% 31st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9647 GPI 2018 up 3.1% 34th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 90.3% 2019 up 6.4% 31st
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 190,392 number 2019 up 54.8% 40th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 6.7% 2018 down 30.0% 23rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 4.2% 2018 down 21.4% 26th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 77.4% 2018 up 11.3% 21st
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 236,799 number 2019 up 79.9% 28th
Enrolment in primary education, female 22.60 million number 2019 up 28.3% 34th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity 0.9901 GPI 2018 down 0.8% 44th
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 7.24 million number 2019 down 21.4% 34th
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 3.71 million number 2019 down 20.9% 33rd
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 3.53 million number 2019 down 21.9% 34th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 76.2% 2018 up 13.0% 22nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 78.7% 2018 up 9.7% 21st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9682 GPI 2018 up 3.0% 33rd
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 92.1% 2019 up 3.1% 22nd
Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 23rd
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 95.6% 2019 up 2.6% 17th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 88.5% 2019 up 3.5% 23rd
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index 0.9264 GPI 2019 up 0.9% 37th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 63.0% 2019 up 16.1% 25th