Education in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 542 indicators covering education for SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 8.02 years 2024 up 3.0% 144th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.968 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% 168th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 73.7% 2024 up 11.3% 91st Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2024 up 2.6% 80th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 73.2% 2024 up 8.5% 87th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.8% 2024 up 6.1% 64th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.3% 2024 up 30.5% 94th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.2% 2024 down 0.2% 158th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 78.2% 2024 up 8.7% 95th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.7% 2024 down 0.3% 128th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 75.0% 2024 up 4.6% 151st Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.1% 2024 up 12.3% 71st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 25.0% 2024 down 11.7% 71st Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 8.71 million 2025 down 4.2% 18th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 13.4% 2025 down 17.3% 13th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 70.9% 2024 up 1.9% 156th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 79.3% 2024 up 7.1% 134th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 29.1% 2024 down 4.4% 66th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 20.7% 2024 down 20.3% 88th Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 1.87 million 2024 up 19.6% 96th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 640,872 2024 down 13.5% 94th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 7,410 2023 down 47.0% 141st Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.53 million 2024 up 13.3% 98th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 12.5% 2022 up 0.4% 28th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 1.39 million 2024 up 4.0% 71st Teachers in lower secondary education, female 1.05 million 2024 up 27.7% 92nd Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 56.2% 2024 up 6.8% 112th Teachers in lower secondary education, male 818,545 2024 up 10.5% 91st Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 49.8% 2024 up 4.5% 111th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 760,448 2024 up 18.5% 91st Teachers in upper secondary education, male 766,737 2024 up 8.7% 101st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9893 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% 131st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 77.8% 2024 up 9.8% 97th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 78.7% 2024 up 7.7% 89th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 16,890 2023 up 152.4% 61st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 357,656 2023 up 39.2% 69th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 238,098 2023 up 310.7% 47th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 803,650 2023 up 70.5% 68th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 50.3% 141st Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 396,980 2024 up 37.0% 70th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 179,044 2024 up 36.8% 69th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 217,936 2024 up 37.1% 70th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 136.9% 38th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.5% 2023 up 285.6% 35th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.8% 2023 up 30.7% 56th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 1.7% 2023 up 60.1% 59th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 16,840 2023 up 125.1% 58th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 4.86 million 2024 up 77.8% 50th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 2.36 million 2024 up 92.8% 50th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 736,302 2024 up 69.4% 92nd Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 2.50 million 2024 up 65.6% 50th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 338,713 2024 up 109.8% 90th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 397,589 2024 up 45.5% 84th Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 4.45 million 2025 down 4.9% 17th Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 4.26 million 2025 down 3.4% 18th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 14.0% 2025 down 17.6% 13th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 12.8% 2025 down 16.3% 15th Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 883,757 2023 up 131.4% 48th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 111.3% 39th Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 3.9% 2023 up 58.8% 65th ← Previous Page 5 of 10 Next →