Education in SDG: Western Asia 481 indicators covering education for SDG: Western Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 83.4% 2024 down 3.8% 114th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 89.3% 2024 down 2.7% 150th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 79.1% 2024 down 4.2% 133rd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9483 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% 175th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 1.7% 2023 down 21.2% 105th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 up 26.6% 143rd Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 4.7% 2023 up 3.0% 102nd Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 13.66 million 2024 up 2.8% 142nd School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 7.88 years 2024 down 1.2% 154th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 86.5% 2024 down 3.0% 154th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9407 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% 201st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 91.9% 2024 down 2.4% 148th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% 50th School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 24.83 million 2024 up 6.7% 126th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 5.36 million 2024 down 0.5% 152nd School age population, early childhood education, male 12.74 million 2024 up 6.5% 126th School age population, early childhood education, female 12.10 million 2024 up 7.0% 128th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 19.02 million 2024 up 1.8% 148th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 72.0% 2024 up 1.4% 13th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 80.4% 2024 up 7.3% 75th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 637,600 2024 down 8.0% 130th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 8.03 years 2024 down 1.8% 154th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.72 years 2024 down 0.5% 161st School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9624 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% 178th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 77.7% 2024 up 7.4% 83rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9364 GPI 2024 up 0.0% 163rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 82.9% 2024 up 7.3% 72nd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.3% 2024 up 99.5% 161st Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.2% 2024 up 147.7% 174th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.7% 2024 down 0.1% 61st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 80.2% 2023 up 8.4% 84th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% 48th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 76.3% 2024 up 6.8% 147th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.2% 2024 up 113.9% 172nd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 23.7% 2024 down 17.0% 75th Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 4.20 million 2025 up 12.2% 22nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 13.9% 2025 up 1.5% 12th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 72.7% 2024 up 4.2% 147th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 80.3% 2024 up 9.6% 129th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 27.3% 2024 down 9.7% 75th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 19.7% 2024 down 26.2% 93rd Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 1.13 million 2024 up 18.7% 132nd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 178,573 2024 down 19.9% 136th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 6,902 2023 down 47.7% 143rd Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 940,045 2024 up 17.3% 134th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 12.4% 2022 up 0.0% 30th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 459,027 2024 down 2.3% 124th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 676,602 2024 up 28.5% 121st Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 60.0% 2024 up 8.2% 82nd Teachers in lower secondary education, male 450,180 2024 up 6.6% 143rd Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 54.0% 2024 up 2.8% 80th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 508,035 2024 up 20.5% 120th Teachers in upper secondary education, male 432,010 2024 up 13.6% 137th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9621 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% 157th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 78.6% 2023 up 8.6% 93rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 81.7% 2023 up 8.2% 83rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 15,018 2023 up 125.1% 63rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 216,354 2023 up 23.3% 113th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 182,769 2023 up 252.3% 61st Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 567,057 2023 up 59.3% 105th ← Previous Page 4 of 9 Next →